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Lyonetiidae

6 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Lyonetiidae

Stegommata sulfuratella, the banksia leaf-miner, is a Lyonetiidae moth native to Australia and adventive in New Zealand.

The apple leaf miner, Lyonetia clerkella, is a widely distributed Lyonetiidae moth whose larvae feed on fruit trees.

Lyonetia prunifoliella is a leaf-mining moth species with 9–10 mm wingspan, found across much of Europe and parts of Asia and North America.

Leucoptera laburnella Stainton is a moth species with distinct wing markings and a green-whitish larva.

Leucoptera malifoliella is a Lyonetiidae leaf-mining moth found across Europe, with an 8-millimetre wingspan.

Philonome clemensella is a small moth found in eastern North America with distinct wing pattern markings.

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