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Eumetriochroa aethalota
Two Eumetriochroa aethalota seen in Riccarton Bush, Christchurch
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Eumetriochroa
Species:	E. aethalota
Binomial name
Eumetriochroa aethalota (Meyrick, 1880)
Synonyms
Acrocercops aethalota Meyrick, 1880 Gracillaria aethalota Meyrick, 1880

Eumetriochroa aethalota is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from New Zealand. In 2019 Robert Hoare proposed that this species be provisionally assigned to the genus Eumetriochroa. However as this proposal needs further investigation this species is also currently known as Eumetriochroa (s.l.) aetholata.

The larval host plants are species in the genus Parsonsia. The larvae mine both the stems and leaves of these plants.

References

1. "Acrocercops aethalota (Meyrick, 1880)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
2. ^ Robert J. B. Hoare; Brian H Patrick; Thomas R. Buckley (22 July 2019). "A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae". ZooKeys. 865: 39–65. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.865.34265. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394.

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