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Metriochroa pergulariae

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

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

The larvae feed on Pergularia daemia and Pergularia extensa. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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