Spanioptila spinosum

Spanioptila spinosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Spanioptila
Species: S. spinosum
Binomial name
Spanioptila spinosum
Walsingham, 1897

Spanioptila spinosum is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Cuba, Puerto Rico and Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.[1]

The larvae feed on Casearia hirsuta. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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