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Spulerina dissotoma

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Species of moth

Spulerina dissotoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Spulerina
Species: S. dissotoma
Binomial name
Spulerina dissotoma
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops dissotoma Meyrick, 1931
  • Spulerina lespedezifoliella Kuroko, 1982

Spulerina dissotoma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Bihar), Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku, Tusima, Hokkaidō and the Ryukyu Islands), Korea, the Russian Far East and Taiwan.

The wingspan is 5.8-7.6 mm.

The larvae feed on Flemingia lineata, Lespedeza bicolor, Lespedeza cyrtobotrya and Pueraria montana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Japanese Species Of The Acrocercops-Group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Spulerina dissotoma


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