Scythropiodes leucostola

Scythropiodes leucostola is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Japan^[1] and Korea.^[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are white with scattered grey and blackish spots and a blackish linear dot towards the costa near the base. The stigmata are rather large, blackish, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a blackish dot beneath the costa before the middle and a strongly curved series of rather large dark grey dots from beneath the costa at two-thirds to the dorsum before the tornus, interrupted below the middle. There is also a marginal series of small blackish-grey dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are whitish grey.^[3]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Abies firma, Malus pumila, Acer species, Shiia species, Quercus species, Celtis sinensis, Zelkova serrata, Ulmus species, Acacia species, species, Elaeagnus species, and .

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