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Leurocephala

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Leurocephala
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Subfamily: Gracillariinae
Genus: Leurocephala
D.R. Davis & McKay, 2011
Species:
L. schinusae
Binomial name
Leurocephala schinusae
D.R. Davis & McKay, 2011

Leurocephala is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. It contains only one species, Leurocephala schinusae, which is found in Argentina.

The larvae feed on Schinus terebinthifolus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Davis, D.R. , F. Mc Kay , M. Oleiro, Marcelo Diniz Vitorino & G.S. Wheeler, 2011: Biology and systematics of the leafmining Gracillariidae of Brazilian Pepper Tree, Schinus terebinthifolus Raddi, with descriptions of a new genus and four new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 65 (2): 61-93.