Metriochroa pergulariae
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Metriochroa |
Species: | M. pergulariae
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Binomial name | |
Metriochroa pergulariae Vári, 1961[1]
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Metriochroa pergulariae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Pergularia daemia and Pergularia extensa. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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