Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Spulerina astaurota | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Spulerina Rank Species | |
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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.
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.
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