Micrurapteryx sophorivora | |
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Scientific 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.
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Taxon identifiers | |
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Micrurapteryx sophorivora |
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