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Leucoptera coffeella

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Leucoptera coffeella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Leucoptera
Species:
L. coffeella
Binomial name
Leucoptera coffeella
Synonyms
  • Perileucoptera coffeella
  • Elachista coffeella Guérin-Méneville, 1842
  • Cemiostoma coffeella

Leucoptera coffeella (coffee leaf miner) is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in every coffee-growing country in South America, Central America and the West Indies. It is considered one of the worst pest species of coffee.

The wingspan is about 6.5 millimetres (0.26 in).

The larvae feed on Coffea arabica.

Predators of Leucoptera coffeella include Protonectarina sylveirae and Synoeca cyanea, social wasps found in Brazil. [1]

References

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  1. ^ Fernandes, FL; Da Silva, PR; Gorri, JER; Pucci, LF; Da Silva, IW (2013). "Selectivity of old and new organophosphate insecticides and behavior of Vespidae predators in coffee crop". Sociobiology. 60 (4): 471–476. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v60i4.471-476. Archived from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
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