Eumetriochroa hiranoi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Eumetriochroa |
| Species: | E. hiranoi
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| Eumetriochroa hiranoi Kumata, 1998[1]
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Eumetriochroa hiranoi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū and the Ryukyu islands)[2] and China (Jiangxi).[3]
The wingspan is 4.6-6.1 mm. This species appears very similar to Eumetriochroa kalopanacis but can be distinguished by from the latter by differences in the genital structures.[1]
The larvae feed on Styrax japonicus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
Eumetriochroa hiranoi was named in honor of Nagao Hirano.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Two new and one newly recorded species of Gracillariidae from China (Lepidoptera)
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