Micrurapteryx gradatella
| Micrurapteryx gradatella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Micrurapteryx |
| Species: | M. gradatella |
| Binomial name | |
| Micrurapteryx gradatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)[1] | |
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Micrurapteryx gradatella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, the Alps and Romania and from Germany to central Russia.
The larvae feed on Lathyrus montanus and Vicia sepium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of an upper surface, flat blotch. Most frass is ejected from the mine. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[2]
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