Metriochroa scotinopa

Metriochroa scotinopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Metriochroa
Species:
M. scotinopa
Binomial name
Metriochroa scotinopa
Vári, 1963[1]

Metriochroa scotinopa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ethiopia.[2]

The larvae feed on Dregea schimperi. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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