Metriochroa tylophorae

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

Metriochroa tylophorae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa. [2]

The larvae feed on Tylophora cordata . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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