Micrurapteryx sophorivora

Micrurapteryx sophorivora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Kazakhstan, the European part of Russia and Tajikistan.[1]

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

The larvae feed on Sophora species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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