Leucoptera (moth)

Leucoptera
Leucoptera spartifoliella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lyonetiidae
Subfamily:	Cemiostominae
Genus:	Leucoptera Hübner, 1825
Synonyms
Cemiostoma Zeller, 1848 Proleucoptera Busck, 1902 (disputed) Paraleucoptera Heinrich, 1918 (disputed) Perileucoptera Silvestri, 1943

Leucoptera is a genus of moths in the family Lyonetiidae. Its members are leaf borers many of which can cause severe damage to plant crops, such as coffee or apples.

Selected species

• Leucoptera aceris (Fuchs, 1903)
• Leucoptera acromelas (Turner, 1923)
• Leucoptera adenocarpella (Staudinger, 1871)
• Leucoptera andalusica Mey, 1994
• Leucoptera arethusa Meyrick, 1915
• Leucoptera argodes Turner, 1923
• Leucoptera argyroptera Turner, 1923
• Leucoptera asbolopasta Turner, 1923
• Leucoptera astragali Mey & Corley, 1999
• Leucoptera auronivea (Walker, 1875)
• Leucoptera autograpta Meyrick, 1918
• Leucoptera caffeina Washburn, 1940
• Leucoptera calycotomella Amsel, 1939
• Leucoptera chalcopleura Turner, 1923
• Leucoptera chalocycla (Meyrick, 1882)
• Leucoptera clerodendrella Vári, 1955
• Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Méneville, 1842)
• Leucoptera coma Ghesquière, 1940
• Leucoptera coronillae (M. Hering, 1933)
• Leucoptera crobylistis Meyrick, 1926 (India)
• Leucoptera cytisiphagella Klimesch, 1938
• Leucoptera deltidias Meyrick, 1906
• Leucoptera diasticha Turner, 1923
• Leucoptera ermolaevi Seksjaeva, 1990
• Leucoptera euryphaea Turner, 1926
• Leucoptera erythrinella Busck, 1900
• Leucoptera genistae (M. Hering, 1933)
• Leucoptera guettardella Busck, 1900
• Leucoptera hemizona Meyrick, 1906
• Leucoptera heringiella Toll, 1938
• Leucoptera hexatoma Meyrick, 1915 (India)
• Leucoptera iolitha Turner, 1923
• Leucoptera karsholti Mey, 1994
• Leucoptera laburnella (Stainton, 1851) - laburnum leaf miner
• Leucoptera lathyrifoliella (Stainton, 1866)
• Leucoptera lotella (Stainton, 1859)
• Leucoptera loxaula Meyrick, 1928
• Leucoptera lustratella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• Leucoptera malifoliella (Costa, 1836)
• Leucoptera melanolitha Turner, 1923
• Leucoptera meyricki Ghesquière, 1940
• Leucoptera nieukerkeni Mey, 1994
• Leucoptera obelacma Meyrick, 1918
• Leucoptera onobrychidella Klimesch, 1937
• Leucoptera orobi (Stainton, 1869)
• Leucoptera pachystimella Busck, 1904
• Leucoptera parinaricola Vári, 1955
• Leucoptera periphracta Meyrick, 1915
• Leucoptera phaeopasta (Turner, 1923)
• Leucoptera plagiomitra Turner, 1923
• Leucoptera psophocarpella Bradley & Carter, 1982
• Leucoptera puerariella Kuroko, 1964
• Leucoptera pulchricola Vári, 1955
• Leucoptera robinella Braun, 1925
• Leucoptera scammatias Meyrick, 1909
• Leucoptera selenocycla Meyrick, 1930
• Leucoptera sinuella (Reutti, 1853) (sometimes placed in Paraleucoptera)
• Leucoptera sortita Meyrick, 1915
• Leucoptera spartifoliella (Hübner, 1813)
• Leucoptera sphenograpta Meyrick, 1911
• Leucoptera strophidota Turner, 1923
• Leucoptera thessalica Mey, 1994
• Leucoptera toxeres Turner, 1923
• Leucoptera zanclaeella (Zeller, 1848)

Species placed in Paraleucoptera by some authors

• Leucoptera albella (Chambers, 1871) - cottonwood leaf miner
• Leucoptera heinrichi W. W. Jones, 1947

Species placed in Proleucoptera by some authors

• Leucoptera celastrella (Kuroko, 1964)
• Leucoptera oxyphyllella (Kuroko, 1964)
• Leucoptera smilactis (Kuroko, 1964)
• Leucoptera smilaciella (Busck, 1900)

External links

• Savela, Markku. "Leucoptera Hübner, 1825". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
• Data related to Leucoptera at Wikispecies