Metathrinca loranthivora
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Metathrinca |
Species: | M. loranthivora
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Binomial name | |
Metathrinca loranthivora (Meyrick, 1937)
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Metathrinca loranthivora is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. It is found on Java in Indonesia.[1]
The larvae have been recorded feeding in the shoots of Loranthus species.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (August 27, 2014). "Metathrinca loranthivora (Meyrick, 1937)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 5 (4-5): 150.