Metriochroa syringae

Metriochroa syringae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Metriochroa
Species:
M. syringae
Binomial name
Metriochroa syringae
Kumata, 1998[1]

Metriochroa syringae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hokkaido island in Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 5.6-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Syringa reticulata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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