Spulerina parthenocissi

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Spulerina parthenocissi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Spulerina
Species:
S. parthenocissi
Binomial name
Spulerina parthenocissi
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988[1]

Spulerina parthenocissi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū and Shikoku in Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 6–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Parthenocissus tricuspidata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mines commonly occur on both the upper and lower sides of the leaves.

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