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Micrurapteryx sophorivora

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Micrurapteryx sophorivora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Micrurapteryx
Species:
M. sophorivora
Binomial name
Micrurapteryx sophorivora
Kuznetzov & Tristan, 1985

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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