Leucoptera caffeina

Leucoptera caffeina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Lyonetiidae
Genus:Leucoptera
Species: L. caffeina
Binomial name
Leucoptera caffeina
Washbourn, 1940

Leucoptera caffeina is a species of moth. This leaf miner is one of several related pests on Coffea species. It is found in Angola, Zaire, Kenya and Tanzania in Africa.[1] Other coffee leafminers include Leucoptera coffeella.

References

  1. Filho, O. G. (2006). Coffee leaf miner resistance. Braz. J Plant Physiol. 18:1]



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