| Microthauma lespedezella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lyonetiidae |
| Genus: | Microthauma |
| Species: | M. lespedezella |
| Binomial name | |
| Microthauma lespedezella Seksjaeva, 1990 | |
Microtauma lespedezella is a species of moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It has been recorded in the Russian Far East and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).
It feeds on Lespedeza bicolor and Leguminosae Cyrtobotrya.
Its wingspan is about 7 to 9 millimetres (0.28 to 0.35 in).
References
- Seksjaeva, S. V. (1990). "Notes on the Cemiostominae moths (Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae) from southern Primorye area, with description of two new species" (PDF). Vestnik Zoologii (in Russian). 1990 (1): 62–64.
- ^ Ahn, Neung-ho; Hirowatari, Toshiya; Hirano, Nagao; Kuroko, Hiroshi (2006). "A new record of Microthauma lespedezella Seksjaeva (Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae) from Japan". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 57 (3): 156–162. doi:10.18984/lepid.57.3_156.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Microthauma lespedezella | |
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