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Short description: Species of moth

Metriochroa argyrocelis
Scientific classification
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Metriochroa
Species:
M. argyrocelis
Binomial name
Metriochroa argyrocelis
Vári, 1961[1]

Metriochroa argyrocelis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Zimbabwe.[2]

The larvae feed on Impatiens sylvicola. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an extremely long, narrow, irregularly contorted gallery on upperside of leaf.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q9643991 entry