Leucoptera psophocarpella
Leucoptera psophocarpella, the winged-bean blotch miner, is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family that is endemic to Papua New Guinea.
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| Species: | L. psophocarpella |
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| Leucoptera psophocarpella Bradley & Carter, 1982 | |
The wingspan is about 4 millimetres (0.16 in).
The larvae feed on Psophocarpus tetragonolobus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine.
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