Metriochroa latifoliella

Metriochroa latifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Metriochroa
Species:	M. latifoliella
Binomial name
	Metriochroa latifoliella; (Millière, 1886)
Synonyms
	Gracilaria latifoliella Millière, 1886;

Metriochroa latifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Mediterranean region.

The larvae feed on Olea europaea, Phillyrea angustifolia and Phillyrea latifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a corridor that makes a loop through the entire leaf. It is very narrow where it begins, becoming quite wide in the end. There are large amounts of frass and only the margins remain free of frass and are transparent. Pupation takes place in a silken cocoon at the end of the mine.^[2]

References[]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-09-12 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] rders.nl Archived 2012-09-12 at the Wayback Machine

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