Micrurapteryx sophorella

Micrurapteryx sophorella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus and Uzbekistan.[1]

Micrurapteryx sophorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Micrurapteryx
Species:
M. sophorella
Binomial name
Micrurapteryx sophorella
Kuznetzov, 1979

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

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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