Metriochroa carissae

Metriochroa carissae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Metriochroa
Species:	M. carissae
Binomial name
Metriochroa carissae Vári, 1963[1]

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

The larvae feed on Carissa edulis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long, serpentine mine on the upperside of the leaf. It is silvery white and has many windings.

References

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

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