Leucoptera coffeella (coffee leaf miner) is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in every coffee-growing country in South America, Central America and the West Indies. It is considered one of the worst pest species of coffee.
| Leucoptera coffeella | |
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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. coffeella
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Méneville, 1842)
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The wingspan is about 6.5 millimetres (0.26 in).
The larvae feed on Coffea arabica.
Predators of Leucoptera coffeella include Protonectarina sylveirae and Synoeca cyanea, social wasps found in Brazil. [1]
References
edit- ^ Fernandes, FL; Da Silva, PR; Gorri, JER; Pucci, LF; Da Silva, IW (2013). "Selectivity of old and new organophosphate insecticides and behavior of Vespidae predators in coffee crop". Sociobiology. 60 (4): 471–476. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v60i4.471-476. Archived from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
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