Leucoptera (moth)
# Leucoptera (moth)

Leucoptera is a genus of moths in the family Lyonetiidae. Its members are leaf borers many of which can cause severe damage to plant crops, such as coffee or apples.

## Selected species

* Leucoptera aceris (Fuchs, 1903)
* Leucoptera acromelas (Turner, 1923)
* Leucoptera adenocarpella (Staudinger, 1871)
* Leucoptera andalusica Mey, 1994
* Leucoptera arethusa Meyrick, 1915
* Leucoptera argodes Turner, 1923
* Leucoptera argyroptera Turner, 1923
* Leucoptera asbolopasta Turner, 1923
* Leucoptera astragali Mey & Corley, 1999
* Leucoptera auronivea (Walker, 1875)
* Leucoptera autograpta Meyrick, 1918
* Leucoptera caffeina Washburn, 1940
* Leucoptera calycotomella Amsel, 1939
* Leucoptera chalcopleura Turner, 1923
* Leucoptera chalocycla (Meyrick, 1882)
* Leucoptera clerodendrella Vári, 1955
* Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Méneville, 1842)
* Leucoptera coma Ghesquière, 1940
* Leucoptera coronillae (M. Hering, 1933)
* Leucoptera crobylistis Meyrick, 1926 (India)
* Leucoptera cytisiphagella Klimesch, 1938
* Leucoptera deltidias Meyrick, 1906
* Leucoptera diasticha Turner, 1923
* Leucoptera ermolaevi Seksjaeva, 1990
* Leucoptera euryphaea Turner, 1926
* Leucoptera erythrinella Busck, 1900
* Leucoptera genistae (M. Hering, 1933)
* Leucoptera guettardella Busck, 1900
* Leucoptera hemizona Meyrick, 1906
* Leucoptera heringiella Toll, 1938
* Leucoptera hexatoma Meyrick, 1915 (India)
* Leucoptera iolitha Turner, 1923
* Leucoptera karsholti Mey, 1994
* Leucoptera laburnella (Stainton, 1851) - laburnum leaf miner
* Leucoptera lathyrifoliella (Stainton, 1866)
* Leucoptera lotella (Stainton, 1859)
* Leucoptera loxaula Meyrick, 1928
* Leucoptera lustratella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
* Leucoptera malifoliella (Costa, 1836)
* Leucoptera melanolitha Turner, 1923
* Leucoptera meyricki Ghesquière, 1940
* Leucoptera nieukerkeni Mey, 1994
* Leucoptera obelacma Meyrick, 1918
* Leucoptera onobrychidella Klimesch, 1937
* Leucoptera orobi (Stainton, 1869)
* Leucoptera pachystimella Busck, 1904
* Leucoptera parinaricola Vári, 1955
* Leucoptera periphracta Meyrick, 1915
* Leucoptera phaeopasta (Turner, 1923)
* Leucoptera plagiomitra Turner, 1923
* Leucoptera psophocarpella Bradley & Carter, 1982
* Leucoptera puerariella Kuroko, 1964
* Leucoptera pulchricola Vári, 1955
* Leucoptera robinella Braun, 1925
* Leucoptera scammatias Meyrick, 1909
* Leucoptera selenocycla Meyrick, 1930
* Leucoptera sinuella (Reutti, 1853) (sometimes placed in Paraleucoptera)
* Leucoptera sortita Meyrick, 1915
* Leucoptera spartifoliella (Hübner, 1813)
* Leucoptera sphenograpta Meyrick, 1911
* Leucoptera strophidota Turner, 1923
* Leucoptera thessalica Mey, 1994
* Leucoptera toxeres Turner, 1923
* Leucoptera zanclaeella (Zeller, 1848)

### Species placed in Paraleucoptera by some authors

* Leucoptera albella (Chambers, 1871) - cottonwood leaf miner
* Leucoptera heinrichi W. W. Jones, 1947

### Species placed in Proleucoptera by some authors

* Leucoptera celastrella (Kuroko, 1964)
* Leucoptera oxyphyllella (Kuroko, 1964)
* Leucoptera smilactis (Kuroko, 1964)
* Leucoptera smilaciella (Busck, 1900)
