Leucoptera genistae is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria.[1]
| Leucoptera genistae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lyonetiidae |
| Genus: | Leucoptera |
| Species: | L. genistae |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucoptera genistae (M. Hering, 1933) | |
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The larvae feed on Genista anglica and Genista germanica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mines are undistinguishable from those of Leucoptera laburnella The mine starts as a densely contorted corridor, that quickly turns brown. It is followed by a more or less straight corridor entirely filled with greyish-green frass. Then it widens into a round blotch that overruns the earlier corridor and in the end may occupy half of a leaflet. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[2]