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)