Jump to content

Spulerina dissotoma

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by ShortDescBot (talk | contribs) at 19:26, 30 December 2020 (ShortDescBot adding short description "Species of moth"). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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)[1]
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.[2]

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