Spulerina virgulata

Spulerina virgulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Spulerina
Species: S. virgulata
Binomial name
Spulerina virgulata
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988[1]

Spulerina virgulata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Honshū island of Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 7–9 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus acutissima, Quercus serrata and Quercus variabilis. They mine the stem of their host plant.

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