Spulerina malicola

Spulerina malicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Spulerina
Species:
S. malicola
Binomial name
Spulerina malicola
(Meyrick, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops malicola Meyrick, 1921

Spulerina malicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is from Assam and Meghalaya, India.[2]

The larvae feed on Malus domestica, Malus pumila, and Malus sylvestris. They probably mine the leaves or stems of their host plant.

References

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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.