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Micrurapteryx sophorivora

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Species of moth

Micrurapteryx sophorivora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Micrurapteryx
Species: M. sophorivora
Binomial name
Micrurapteryx sophorivora
Kuznetzov & Tristan, 1985

Micrurapteryx sophorivora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Kazakhstan, the European part of Russia and Tajikistan.

The larvae feed on Sophora species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine.

References

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


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