Spulerina dissotoma

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.[2]

Spulerina dissotoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Spulerina
Species:
S. dissotoma
Binomial name
Spulerina dissotoma
(Meyrick, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops dissotoma Meyrick, 1931
  • Spulerina lespedezifoliella Kuroko, 1982

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. the mines commonly occur on both the upper and lower sides of the leaves.

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


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