Metriochroa pergulariae

Metriochroa pergulariae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Metriochroa
Species: M. pergulariae
Binomial name
Metriochroa pergulariae
Vári, 1961[1]

Metriochroa pergulariae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Pergularia daemia and Pergularia extensa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very long, narrow, irregularly contorted gallery on the upper side of the leaf.

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