Spulerina dissotoma

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)
Synonyms
	Acrocercops dissotoma Meyrick, 1931 ; Kuroko, 1982 Spulerina lespedezifoliella;

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.

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