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. The mine is found on the upper side of the leaf. It is long linear, irregularly curved, and somewhat serpentine. The mining part is discoloured into white, semitransparent and without a dark line of frass. A pupal chamber is placed at the end of mines, ellipsoidal, with a strongly swollen lower side and a wrinkled upper side.
Eumetriochroa hiranoi was named in honour of Nagao Hirano.
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^ abJapanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species
eumetriochroa, hiranoi, moth, family, gracillariidae, known, from, japan, honshū, ryukyu, islands, china, jiangxi, scientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterainfraorder, heteroneurafamily, gracillariidaegenus, . Eumetriochroa hiranoi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae It is known from Japan Honshu and the Ryukyu islands 2 and China Jiangxi 3 Eumetriochroa hiranoiScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraInfraorder HeteroneuraFamily GracillariidaeGenus EumetriochroaSpecies E hiranoiBinomial nameEumetriochroa hiranoiKumata 1998 1 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 The mine is found on the upper side of the leaf It is long linear irregularly curved and somewhat serpentine The mining part is discoloured into white semitransparent and without a dark line of frass A pupal chamber is placed at the end of mines ellipsoidal with a strongly swollen lower side and a wrinkled upper side Eumetriochroa hiranoi was named in honour of Nagao Hirano References Edit a b Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Real et Balachowsky Lepidoptera Gracillariidae with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae Lepidoptera permanent dead link Two new and one newly recorded species of Gracillariidae from China Lepidoptera This article relating to moths in subfamily Phyllocnistinae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eumetriochroa hiranoi amp oldid 997293408, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
