Eumetriochroa aethalota is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from New Zealand.[1] In 2019 Robert Hoare proposed that this species be provisionally assigned to the genus Eumetriochroa.[2] However as this proposal needs further investigation this species is also currently known as Eumetriochroa (s.l.) aetholata.[2]
| Eumetriochroa aethalota | |
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| Two Eumetriochroa aethalota seen in Riccarton Bush, Christchurch | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Eumetriochroa |
| Species: | E. aethalota
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| Binomial name | |
| Eumetriochroa aethalota (Meyrick, 1880)
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The larval host plants are species in the genus Parsonsia.[2] The larvae mine both the stems and leaves of these plants.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Acrocercops aethalota (Meyrick, 1880)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- ^ a b c d Robert J. B. Hoare; Brian H Patrick; Thomas R. Buckley (22 July 2019). "A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae". ZooKeys. 865: 39–65. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.865.34265. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394.