''Spulerina'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Cameraria ...
.
Species
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Spulerina aphanosema''
Vári, 1961
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Spulerina astaurota''
(Meyrick, 1922)
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Spulerina atactodesma''
Vári, 1961
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Spulerina castaneae''
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Spulerina catapasta
''Spulerina catapasta'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Afr ...
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Vári, 1961
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Spulerina corticicola
''Spulerina corticicola'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō and Honshū) and the Russian Far East.
The wingspan is 9–11.5 mm.
The larvae feed on ''Abies sachalinensis'', ''Larix kaempferi'', ''Pin ...
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Kumata, 1964
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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.
The wingspan is 5.8-7.6 mm ...
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(Meyrick, 1931)
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Spulerina hexalocha
''Spulerina hexalocha'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Reunion, Sierra Leone and South Africa.
The larvae feed on ''Sclerocarya birrea
''Sclerocarya birrea'' ( , meaning "hard", and , "nut", in reference to th ...
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(Meyrick, 1912)
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Spulerina isonoma
''Spulerina isonoma'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Bihar), Malaysia and Thailand.
The larvae feed on ''Mangifera indica
''Mangifera indica'', commonly known as mango, is an evergreen species of flowering pla ...
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(Meyrick, 1916)
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Spulerina lochmaea
''Spulerina lochmaea'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.
The larvae feed on ''Mangifera indica''. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
''S. lochmea'' was first described from a female specimen ...
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Vári, 1961
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Spulerina malicola
''Spulerina malicola'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is from Assam and Meghalaya, India.
The larvae feed on ''Malus domestica'', ''Malus pumila,'' and ''Malus sylvestris
''Malus sylvestris'', the European crab apple, also known a ...
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(Meyrick, 1921)
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Spulerina marmarodes
''Spulerina marmarodes'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Af ...
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Vári, 1961
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Spulerina parthenocissi
''Spulerina parthenocissi'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū and Shikoku in Japan.
The wingspan is 6–8 mm.
The larvae feed on ''Parthenocissus tricuspidata
''Parthenocissus tr ...
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Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Spulerina quadrifasciata
''Spulerina quadrifasciata'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nigeria.
The wingspan is (holotype
A holotype (Latin: ''holotypus'') is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the specie ...
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Bland, 1980
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Spulerina simploniella''
(Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1840)
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Spulerina virgulata
''Spulerina virgulata'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Honshū island of Japan.
The wingspan is 7–9 mm.
The larvae feed on ''Quercus acutissima'', ''Quercus serrata'' and ''Quercus variabilis
''Quercus variab ...
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Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
External links
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Acrocercopinae
Gracillarioidea genera
{{Acrocercopinae-stub