Biology:Metriochroa alboannulata

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Short description: Species of moth

Metriochroa alboannulata
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Metriochroa
Species:
M. alboannulata
Binomial name
Metriochroa alboannulata
Bai, 2016

Metriochroa alboannulata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in China (Jiangxi).

The wingspan is 6.5–7.5 mm. The forewings are fuscous, shining with purple and with two silvery white fasciae, the first at the basal one-fourth, and slightly outwardly angulate on the wing fold, the second at the subapex and outwardly oblique. The costa and dorsum have an outwardly oblique bar-shaped silvery white speck at the middle, the costal speck longer than the dorsal one. The dorsum has a silvery white speck near the tornus. The hindwings are fuscous.

Etymology

The species name is composed of albus and annulatus, meaning with white ring, referring to the flagellum of the antenna with white rings on its distal part.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q23005208 entry