Eumetriochroa hederae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku in Japan[2] and in China[3] (Hunan, Jiangxi).[4]
| Eumetriochroa hederae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Eumetriochroa |
| Species: | E. hederae
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| Binomial name | |
| Eumetriochroa hederae Kumata, 1998[1]
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The wingspan is 8.1–9.7 mm.
The larvae feed on Hedera rhombea and Hedera nepalensis var. sinensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
edit- ^ Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Two species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) new to China, and description of the pupal morphology of the genera Corythoxestis and Eumetriochroa
- ^ Two new and one newly recorded species of Gracillariidae from China (Lepidoptera)
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