Leucoptera meyricki | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lyonetiidae |
Genus: | Leucoptera |
Species: | L. meyricki
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Binomial name | |
Leucoptera meyricki
Ghesquière, 1940
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Leucoptera meyricki is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae that is found in Ivory Coast, Angola, Congo, East Africa, Ethiopia and Madagascar. It was also discovered in Kenya and Tanzania. [1] It is considered one of the worst pest species on coffee.
The larvae feed on Coffea arabica and other Coffea species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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Leucoptera meyricki | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lyonetiidae |
Genus: | Leucoptera |
Species: | L. meyricki
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Binomial name | |
Leucoptera meyricki
Ghesquière, 1940
|
Leucoptera meyricki is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae that is found in Ivory Coast, Angola, Congo, East Africa, Ethiopia and Madagascar. It was also discovered in Kenya and Tanzania. [1] It is considered one of the worst pest species on coffee.
The larvae feed on Coffea arabica and other Coffea species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires |journal=
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help)Bradley, J. D. (September 1958). "Leucoptera meyricki". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 46 (3): 417–419. doi: 10.1017/S0007485300053736.