The greenbrier leaf miner (Leucoptera smilaciella) is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from the United States, from Pennsylvania to Florida and Texas.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lyonetiidae |
| Genus: | Leucoptera |
| Species: | L. smilaciella
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucoptera smilaciella (Busck, 1900)
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The larvae feed on Smilax species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, messy blotch.
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