Lyonetia lechrioscia

Lyonetia lechrioscia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Lyonetia
Species: L. lechrioscia
Binomial name
Lyonetia lechrioscia
Turner, 1926

Lyonetia lechrioscia is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is known from Australia.

The larvae mine the leaves of their host plants, Quintinia sieberi and Quintinia verdonii.[1]

References

  1. Maunsell, Sarah C. ; Burwell, Chris J. ; Morris, Rebecca J. ; Mcdonald, William J. F. ; Edwards, Edward D. ; Oberprieler, Rolf G. ; Kitching, Roger L. (2016). "Elevational turnover in the composition of leaf miners and their interactions with host plants in Australian subtropical rainforest". Austral Ecology. 41 (3): 238–47. doi:10.1111/aec.12339.
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