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Micrurapteryx sophorella

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Species of moth
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Micrurapteryx sophorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Micrurapteryx
Species: M. sophorella
Binomial name
Micrurapteryx sophorella
Kuznetzov, 1979

Micrurapteryx sophorella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus and Uzbekistan.

The larvae feed on Sophora species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Micrurapteryx sophorella


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