Micrurapteryx sophorivora
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Micrurapteryx sophorivora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Micrurapteryx |
Species: | M. sophorivora
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Binomial name | |
Micrurapteryx sophorivora Kuznetzov & Tristan, 1985
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Micrurapteryx sophorivora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Kazakhstan, the European part of Russia and Tajikistan.[1]
The larvae feed on Sophora species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine.
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