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Microthauma lespedezella

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Microthauma lespedezella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Microthauma
Species:
M. lespedezella
Binomial name
Microthauma lespedezella
Seksjaeva, 1990

Microtauma lespedezella is a species of moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It has been recorded in the Russian Far East and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).[1][2]

It feeds on Lespedeza bicolor and Leguminosae Cyrtobotrya.[2]

Its wingspan is about 7 to 9 millimetres (0.28 to 0.35 in).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Seksjaeva, S. V. (1990). "Notes on the Cemiostominae moths (Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae) from southern Primorye area, with description of two new species" (PDF). Vestnik Zoologii (in Russian). 1990 (1): 62–64.
  2. ^ a b c Ahn, Neung-ho; Hirowatari, Toshiya; Hirano, Nagao; Kuroko, Hiroshi (2006). "A new record of Microthauma lespedezella Seksjaeva (Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae) from Japan". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 57 (3): 156–162. doi:10.18984/lepid.57.3_156.