Metriochroa argyrocelis

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

Metriochroa argyrocelis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Zimbabwe.^[2]

The larvae feed on Impatiens sylvicola. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an extremely long, narrow, irregularly contorted gallery on upperside of leaf.

References

1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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