Metriochroa inferior

Metriochroa inferior is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Eritrea.[2]

Metriochroa inferior
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Metriochroa
Species:
M. inferior
Binomial name
Metriochroa inferior
(Silvestri, 1915)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oecophyllembius inferior Silvestri, 1915

The larvae feed on Olea chrysophylla.[3] 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


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