Pterotopteryx spilodesma

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Pterotopteryx spilodesma
Fig.16-Alucita spilodesma.JPG
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Pterotopteryx
Species:
P. spilodesma
Binomial name
Pterotopteryx spilodesma
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Orneodes spilodesmaMeyrick, 1907
  • Orneodes ochraceaMarumo, 1923
  • Orneodes isshikiiMatsumura, 1931
  • Alucita spilodesmaInoue, 1982

Pterotopteryx spilodesma is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Russia (Primorskii krai, Sakhalin, the Kurils) and from southern India and Pakistan to Japan (northwards to Hokkaido). [1] It has also been recorded from Korea.

The larvae feed on Lonicera species, including Lonicera quinquelocularis . [2]

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