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Pterotopteryx spilodesma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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). It has also been recorded from Korea.

The larvae feed on Lonicera species, including Lonicera quinquelocularis.

References

1. New And Little-Known Palaearctic Species Of Alucitidae (Lepidoptera)
2. HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants

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