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Metriochroa pergulariae

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Species of moth

Metriochroa pergulariae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Metriochroa
Species: M. pergulariae
Binomial name
Metriochroa pergulariae
Vári, 1961

Metriochroa pergulariae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.

The larvae feed on Pergularia daemia and Pergularia extensa. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Metriochroa pergulariae


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