Leucoptera lathyrifoliella

Leucoptera lathyrifoliella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Finland, Germany and England.[1]

Leucoptera lathyrifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lyonetiidae
Genus:	Leucoptera
Species:	L. lathyrifoliella
Binomial name
Leucoptera lathyrifoliella (Stainton, 1866)
Synonyms
Cemiostoma lathyrifoliella Stainton, 1866

The moth differs from Leucoptera laburnella as follows : forewings with postmedian costal bar longer, touching yellow upper margin of post-tornal spot, dark edgings sharper-marked, apex of wing dark fuscous ; hindwings rather dark grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Lathyrus linifolius, Lathyrus pratensis and Lathyrus sylvestris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a flat, upper-surface, oval blotch without a preceding gallery, with clear greenish frass. There may be more than one mine in a single leaflet sometimes merging. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[3]

References

1. "Leucoptera lathyrifoliella (Stainton, 1866)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Missing or empty |url= (help)
2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
3. "Leucoptera lathyrifoliella (Stainton, 1866)". Bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved September 22, 2010.

External links

• lepiforum de

Further reading

• Lauri Kaila & Bo Wikström. "Leucoptera lathyrifoliella (Stainton, 1866) and L. orobi (Stainton, 1870): two distinct species (Lyonetiidae)" (PDF). University of Helsinki. Finland: Finnish Museum of Natural History. 27: 187–192. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20.