Lyonetiidae

Japanese: Lyonetiidae

…An insect of the Lepidoptera order, Lyonetiidae family. It is a small moth with a wingspan of 0.5 to 1.3 cm. Its wings are very slender, with a long and slender forewing, and the hair margins are longer than the width of the wings. …

From "Mogriga (Minor Moth)"

...The feeding scars vary from species to species and can be serpentine, coiled or spotted. Most species in the families Nepticulidae, Heliozelidae, Tischeriidae, Bucculatrigidae, Lyonetiidae, Gracilariidae and Phyllocnistidae are leaf-mining moths. Fruit-feeding larvae are found in many families, including Pyralidae and Tortricidae, while some species, such as the pear leaf moth, burrow under the bark. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Lyonetiidae" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…鱗翅目ハモグリガ科Lyonetiidaeの昆虫。翅の開張0.5～1.3cmの小さいガで，翅は非常に細長く，前翅頂は細長くのび，縁毛は翅の幅より長い。…

【モグリガ(潜蛾)】より

…種ごとに食痕は異なり，蛇行状，コイル状あるいは斑状となる。モグリチビガ科Nepticulidae，ツヤコガ科Heliozelidae，ムモンハモグリガ科Tischeriidae，チビガ科Bucculatrigidae，ハモグリガ科Lyonetiidae，ホソガ科Gracillariidae，コハモグリガ科Phyllocnistidaeの諸科に属する大部分の種が潜葉性である。　果実に食入する幼虫は，メイガ科やハマキガ科など多くの科に見られるし，樹皮下に潜るものはホソガ科のナシホソガなどがある。…

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