Biology:Leurocephala
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Short description: Genus of moths
| Leurocephala | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Subfamily: | Gracillariinae |
| Genus: | Leurocephala D.R. Davis & McKay, 2011 |
| Species: | L. schinusae
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| Binomial name | |
| Leurocephala schinusae D.R. Davis & McKay, 2011
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Leurocephala is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. It contains only one species, Leurocephala schinusae, which is found in Argentina .
The larvae feed on Schinus terebinthifolus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1]
References
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- ↑ Davis, D.R. , F. Mc Kay , M. Oleiro, Marcelo Diniz Vitorino & G.S. Wheeler, 2011: Biology and systematics of the leafmining Gracillariidae of Brazilian Pepper Tree, Schinus terebinthifolus Raddi, with descriptions of a new genus and four new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 65 (2): 61-93.
Wikidata ☰ Q18578707 entry
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