Metathrinca loranthivora
| Metathrinca loranthivora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Metathrinca |
| Species: | M. loranthivora |
| Binomial name | |
| Metathrinca loranthivora (Meyrick, 1937) | |
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Metathrinca loranthivora is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1937. It is found on Java.[1]
The wingspan is 15-18 mm. The forewings are grey-whitish, variably sprinkled or irrorated grey and with the plical and second discal stigmata moderate, black or blackish-grey. There is a moderate or rather narrow posteriorly suffused dark grey fascia at about two-thirds parallel to the termen. The hindwings are grey-whitish.
The larvae have been recorded feeding in the shoots of Loranthus species.[2]
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