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Lyonetia bakuchia

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Lyonetia bakuchia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Lyonetia
Species:
L. bakuchia
Binomial name
Lyonetia bakuchia
Kuroko, 1964

Lyonetia bakuchia is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Japan (Kyushu, Yakushima).

The wingspan is 7-7.5 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of October to the end of November.

The larvae feed on Prunus zippeliana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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