Spanioptila spinosum

Spanioptila spinosum is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba, Puerto Rico and Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.[1]

Spanioptila spinosum
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S. spinosum
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Spanioptila spinosum
Walsingham, 1897

The larvae feed on Casearia hirsuta. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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