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Metriochroa scotinopa

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Species of moth

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

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

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)
Taxon identifiers
Metriochroa scotinopa


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