Metriochroa alboannulata

Metriochroa alboannulata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Metriochroa
Species:	M. alboannulata
Binomial name
Metriochroa alboannulata Bai, 2016[1]

Metriochroa alboannulata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Jiangxi, China.[1][2]

The wingspan is 6.5–7.5 mm. The forewings are fuscous, shining with purple and with two silvery white fasciae, the first at the basal one-fourth, and slightly outwardly angulate on the wing fold, the second at the subapex and outwardly oblique. The costa and dorsum have an outwardly oblique bar-shaped silvery white speck at the middle, the costal speck longer than the dorsal one. The dorsum has a silvery white speck near the tornus. The hindwings are fuscous.[1]

Etymology

The specific name is composed of albus and annulatus, meaning with white ring, referring to the flagellum of the antenna with white rings on its distal part.[1]

References

1. Bai, Haiyan; Xu, Jiasheng & Dai, Xiaohua (2016). "Two new and one newly recorded species of Gracillariidae from China (Lepidoptera)". ZooKeys. 559: 139–150. doi:10.3897/zookeys.559.6812.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W., eds. (2024). "Metriochroa alboannulata Bai, 2016". Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae. Belspo, Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Retrieved 17 January 2025.