Spulerina astaurota

Spulerina astaurota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Spulerina
Species: S. astaurota
Binomial name
Spulerina astaurota
(Meyrick, 1922)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops astaurota Meyrick, 1922

Spulerina astaurota is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India (Assam, Meghalaya), Japan (Kyūshū, Shikoku, Honshū), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 9.2-11.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Chaenomeles species, Malus domestica, Malus sieboldii, Malus sylvestris, Prunus domestica, Prunus serotina, Pyrus communis and Pyrus pyrifolia. They mine the stem of their host plant.

References

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


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