Cottonwood Leafminer in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (8/19/2025). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Cottonwood Leafminer in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (8/19/2025). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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| Leucoptera albella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lyonetiidae |
| Genus: | Leucoptera |
| Species: | L. albella
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucoptera albella (Chambers, 1871)
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Leucoptera albella, the cottonwood leaf miner, is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is known from North America and is probably present throughout the commercial range of cottonwood.
The larvae feed on Populus deltoides.[1] They mine the leaves of their host plant. Periodic heavy infestations may destroy half the total leaf surface and reduce growth of young cottonwood.
References
[edit]- ^ "Family Lyonetiidae". Microleps. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
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