Metriochroa fraxinella Kumata, 1998

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/  Phyllocnistinae (subfamily)/  Oecophyllembiini (tribe)/  Metriochroa (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Kumata, 1998
Citation:	Metriochroa fraxinella sp. nov.
Original genus:	Metriochroa
Publication:	Kumata, T. 1998. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species.
Journal:	Insecta Matsumurana, N. S.
Volume:	54
Issue:
Pagination:	100–103, figs 8, 13A–B, 15A, 26A–B
URL:	https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/9886 https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/9886

Metriochroa fraxinella (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metriochroa fraxinella Kumata, 1998	Holotype	♂	EIHU	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Grc-5459♂, EIHU	Japan	[Japan], Honshū, Nagano-ken, Azumi-mura, Inekoki.
Metriochroa fraxinella Kumata, 1998	Paratype	♂	EIHU	Paratypes 6♂ and 17♀, EIHU.	Japan	[Japan], Honshū, Nagano-ken, Azumi-mura, Inekoki.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Metriochroa fraxinella Kumata, 1998	Japan	Honshū	Kumata, T. 1998. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. page 102
Metriochroa fraxinella Kumata, 1998	Japan	Kyūshū	Kumata, T. 1998. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. page 102
Metriochroa fraxinella Kumata, 1998	Japan	Ogasawara Islands	Kumata, T. 1998. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. page 102

Plant note:

Mine under the upper cuticle of leaves, narrowly linear, very long, irregularly curved, and sometimes occupying the whole leaf surface, whitish with a brownish central line of frass.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Metriochroa fraxinella Kumata, 1998	Fraxinus sieboldiana	Oleaceae	Japan	Kumata, T. 1998. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. page 102
Metriochroa fraxinella Kumata, 1998	Fraxinus sp.	Oleaceae	Japan	Kumata, T. 1998. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. page 102
Metriochroa fraxinella Kumata, 1998	Ligustrum japonicum	Oleaceae	Japan	Kumata, T. 1998. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. page 102
Metriochroa fraxinella Kumata, 1998	Ligustrum micranthum	Oleaceae	Japan	Kumata, T. 1998. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. page 102

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Metriochroa fraxinella (1)

Metriochroa fraxinella (2)

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