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Laburnum Leafminer
Leucoptera laburnella
The laburnum leaf miner (Leucoptera laburnella) is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except the European part of Russia and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. It is also found in North America.
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Description
The forewings are white; an oblique ochreous-yellow bar from costa beyond middle, edged with dark fuscous; a nearly vertical ochreous-yellow costal spot before apex, edged with dark fuscous parallel lines; beneath this a pale violet -golden -metallic post-tornal spot, edged on sides with black and above with yellowish; apex yellowish; three diverging dark fuscous bars in apical cilia. Hindwings are whitish. The larva is green-whitish.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 469901.