Leucospilapteryx venustella

Leucospilapteryx venustella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Québec) and the United States (the Atlantic states, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Maryland and Kentucky).^[1]

Leucospilapteryx venustella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Leucospilapteryx
Species:	L. venustella
Binomial name
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
Gracilaria venustella Clemens, 1860 Leucospilapteryx eupatoriella (Chambers, 1872) Leucospilapteryx eupatoriiella (Chambers, 1878)

The wingspan is about 6 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed on Ageratina ageratoides, Ageratina altissima and Eupatorium urticifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[3]