honeysuckle leafminer

Perittia lonicerae

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae

Perittia lonicerae, the honeysuckle leaf miner, is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It was first discovered in Hawaii in 1949. It was later found in Japan in 1982, although it was described as new.

Distribution

honeysuckle leafminer — (c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kevin Faccenda · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kevin Faccenda · CC-BY DescriptionPerittia lonicerae, Wikipedia contributors

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