Eumetriochroa aethalota

Eumetriochroa aethalota
Two Eumetriochroa aethalota seen in Riccarton Bush, Christchurch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Eumetriochroa
Species:
E. aethalota
Binomial name
Eumetriochroa aethalota
(Meyrick, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops aethalota Meyrick, 1880
  • Gracillaria aethalota Meyrick, 1880

Eumetriochroa aethalota is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from New Zealand.[1] In 2019 Robert Hoare proposed that this species be provisionally assigned to the genus Eumetriochroa.[2] However as this proposal needs further investigation this species is also currently known as Eumetriochroa (s.l.) aetholata.[2]

The larval host plants are species in the genus Parsonsia.[2] The larvae mine both the stems and leaves of these plants.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Acrocercops aethalota (Meyrick, 1880)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  2. ^ a b c d Robert J. B. Hoare; Brian H Patrick; Thomas R. Buckley (22 July 2019). "A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae". ZooKeys. 865: 39–65. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.865.34265. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394.


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