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Metriochroa pergulariae

Wikipedia Abstract

Metriochroa pergulariae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa. The larvae feed on Pergularia daemia and Pergularia extensa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very long, narrow, irregularly contorted gallery on the upper side of the leaf.
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Prey / Diet

Pergularia daemia (pergularia)[1]

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♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0