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Liocrobyla desmodiella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Liocrobyla
Species:	L. desmodiella
Binomial name
Liocrobyla desmodiella Kuroko, 1982

Liocrobyla desmodiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū and Kyūshū) and the Russian Far East.

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Desmodium caudatum, Desmodium oldhamii, Desmodium podocarpum and Lespedeza cyrtobotrya. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a digitate mine.

References

1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
2. Japanese Moths

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