Eumetriochroa hederae
| Eumetriochroa hederae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Eumetriochroa |
| Species: | E. hederae |
| Binomial name | |
| Eumetriochroa hederae Kumata, 1998[1] | |
Eumetriochroa hederae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku in Japan[2] and in China[3] (Hunan, Jiangxi).[4]
The wingspan is 8.1-9.7 mm.
The larvae feed on Hedera rhombea and Hedera nepalensis var. sinensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a small irregular blotch, occurring on the upper side of the leaf. It is purple brown in colour. After hibernation, the larva creates a very long serpentine mine, which is stretched from the blotchy part. Most larvae make a pupal chamber at the end of the mine. The pupal chamber is elliptical, with a swollen under side and wrinkled upper side.
References
- ↑ Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species
- ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ Two species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) new to China, and description of the pupal morphology of the genera Corythoxestis and Eumetriochroa
- ↑ Two new and one newly recorded species of Gracillariidae from China (Lepidoptera)
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