Metriochroa inferior

Metriochroa inferior
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Metriochroa
Species:	M. inferior
Binomial name
Metriochroa inferior (Silvestri, 1915)[1]
Synonyms
Oecophyllembius inferior Silvestri, 1915

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

The larvae feed on Olea chrysophylla. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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

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