Metriochroa pergulariae
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| 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 . 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.
References[]
- ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)[permanent dead link]
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