Metriochroa carissae

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.

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