Leucoptera lotella

Leucoptera lotella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lyonetiidae
Genus:	Leucoptera
Species:	L. lotella
Binomial name
	Leucoptera lotella; (Stainton, 1859)
Synonyms
	Cemiostoma lotella Stainton, 1859;

Leucoptera lotella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found from Denmark to Portugal, Italy and Croatia, and from Great Britain to Poland and Hungary.^[1]

The wingspan is 5-6 mm. The forewings are light shining metallic grey ; apical half beyond an oblique line orange, enclosing two white dark -edged costal spots, and a post-tornal pale golden spot partly black-edged anteriorly and followed by a coppery black apical spot ; a black vertical bar in cilia at apex, a bar before and two diverging bars beyond it, penultimate directed upwards. Hindwings are rather dark grey. The larva is yellow-whitish ; head and plate of 2 pale brown ^[2]

The larvae feed on Securigera varia, Dorycnium pentaphyllum, Lotus corniculatus, Lotus pedunculatus, and Lotus maritimus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of an upper-surface blotch without a preceding gallery. The blotch is nearly circular, but may have broad lobes. The black frass is deposited in indistinct arcs or spirals, glued to the upper epidermis and forming a dark central patch. The larvae may leave a mined leaf and restart elsewhere. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.^[3]

References[]

^ "Leucoptera lotella (Stainton, 1859)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
^ 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
^ "Leucoptera lotella (Stainton, 1859)". Bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved September 22, 2010.

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[1] "Leucoptera lotella (Stainton, 1859)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2013.

[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 lotella (Stainton, 1859)". Bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved September 22, 2010.

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