| Sweet potato leaf miner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bedelliidae |
| Genus: | Bedellia |
| Species: | B. somnulentella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847) | |
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Bedellia somnulentella, the sweet potato leaf miner, is a moth in the family Bedelliidae.
Description
The wingspan is 8–10 mm.
The larvae feed on Calystegia pubescens, Calystegia sepium, Convolvulus althaeoides, Convolvulus arvensis, Convolvulus siculus, Convolvulus tricolour, Ipomoea batatas and Ipomoea purpurea. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
Distribution
Originally from Asia, where its food plants are found, it has reached a nearly cosmopolitan distribution and has been recorded from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, southern Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Uzbekistan, nearly all of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Japan, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.
External links
- A Review of the Lyonetiid Moths (Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae): II. The Subfamilies Lyonetiinae and Bedelliinae
- bladmineerders.nl
- UKmoths
Media related to Bedellia somnulentella at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Bedellia somnulentella at Wikispecies
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| Bedellia somnulentella |
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