Liocrobyla brachybotrys

Liocrobyla brachybotrys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Liocrobyla
Species: L. brachybotrys
Binomial name
Liocrobyla brachybotrys
Kuroko, 1960

Liocrobyla brachybotrys is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Honshū and Kyūshū) and Korea.[1]

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Wisteria brachybotrys. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an elongate or digitate blotch along the midrib. It is pale brown and bordered by pale green.

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