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Pterotopteryx spilodesma

Pterotopteryx spilodesma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Pterotopteryx
Species:
P. spilodesma
Binomial name
Pterotopteryx spilodesma
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Orneodes spilodesma Meyrick, 1907
  • Orneodes ochracea Marumo, 1923
  • Orneodes isshikii Matsumura, 1931
  • Alucita spilodesma Inoue, 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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