Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Metriochroa pergulariae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Metriochroa Rank Species | |
Metriochroa pergulariae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.
The larvae feed on Pergularia daemia and Pergularia extensa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very long, narrow, irregularly contorted gallery on the upper side of the leaf.
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