Toxic-plant-specialist
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Lyonetia
Lyonetia is a genus of moths in the family Lyonetiidae. Species in this genus are leaf miners, with larvae that feed internally between the upper and lower epidermis of leaves. The genus includes species with broad geographic distributions across northern Europe, northern Asia, and North America. One species, Lyonetia ledi, has been documented as a glacial relict population in the Swiss Alps, where it has shifted to feeding on the toxic alpine rose (Rhododendron ferrugineum).