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Metriochroa inferior

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Species of moth

Metriochroa inferior
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Metriochroa
Species: M. inferior
Binomial name
Metriochroa inferior
(Silvestri, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Oecophyllembius inferior Silvestri, 1915

Metriochroa inferior is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Eritrea.

The larvae feed on Olea chrysophylla. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. Silvestri, 1915. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura de Portici 9: 240-334
Taxon identifiers
Metriochroa inferior


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