Spulerina corticicola
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| Spulerina corticicola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Spulerina |
| Species: | S. corticicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Spulerina corticicola | |
Spulerina corticicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō and Honshū) and the Russian Far East.[2]
The wingspan is 9–11.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Abies sachalinensis, Larix kaempferi, Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla, Pinus pentaphylla and Pinus strobus. They mine the stem of their host plant.
