Spulerina corticicola
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Spulerina corticicola is a moth
of the Gracillariidae
family. It is known from Japan
(Hokkaidō and Honshū) and the Russian Far East
.
The wingspan
is 9-11.5 mm.
The larva
e feed on Abies sachalinensis
, Larix kaempferi, Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla, Pinus pentaphylla and Pinus strobus. They mine the stem of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch-mine under the epidermis of young shoots, rarely of old trunks.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Gracillariidae
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 ohridella....
family. It is known from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(Hokkaidō and Honshū) and the Russian Far East
Russian Far East
Russian Far East is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia and the Pacific Ocean...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 9-11.5 mm.
The larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...
e feed on Abies sachalinensis
Abies sachalinensis
Abies sachalinensis is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found in Sakhalin island and southern Kurils , and also in northern Hokkaido ....
, Larix kaempferi, Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla, Pinus pentaphylla and Pinus strobus. They mine the stem of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch-mine under the epidermis of young shoots, rarely of old trunks.