Family Lyonetiidae (Lyonetiid Moths)

Description of Lyonetiidae

The Lyonetiid Moths are very tiny moths with a wingspan of 0.4-1.1 cm. They have lancelike wings that end in narrow points. The base of their antennae is usually surrounded by an eye-cap. As larvae, they often skeletonize leaves, and they pupate in a ribbed, whitish cocoon formed along a twig of the food plant. The cocoon of each species is distinctive, sometimes distinctive enough that the species can be determined.

Subfamily:

Bedellia somnulentella Morning-glory Leafminer Moth (Zeller, 1847)

Lyonetia latistrigella (Walsingham, 1882)

Philonome clemensella Chambers, 1874

Proleucoptera smilaciella (Busck, 1900)

Subfamily: Cemiostominae (Cemiostomine Moths)

Paraleucoptera albella Cottonwood Leafminer Moth (Chambers, 1871)

Description of Lyonetiidae

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Subfamily:

Subfamily: Cemiostominae (Cemiostomine Moths)

Photographs of Lyonetiidae

Philonome clemensella

Morning-glory Leafminer Moth
Bedellia somnulentella

Cottonwood Leafminer Moth
Paraleucoptera albella

Philonome clemensella

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Family Lyonetiidae (Lyonetiid Moths)

Subfamily:

Subfamily: Cemiostominae (Cemiostomine Moths)

Photographs of Lyonetiidae

Morning-glory Leafminer MothBedellia somnulentella

Cottonwood Leafminer MothParaleucoptera albella

Morning-glory Leafminer Moth
Bedellia somnulentella

Cottonwood Leafminer Moth
Paraleucoptera albella