Metriochroa syringae Kumata, 1998

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SUBFAMILY Phyllocnistinae
GENUSMetriochroa
SPECIES syringae
AUTHORKumata, 1998
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONMetriochroa syringae sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY[Japan], Hokkaidō, Sapporo.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: 43°3'0" Longitude: 141°21'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Grc-5389♂, EIHU; Paratypes 4♂ and 4♀, EIHU.
STATUSSpecies
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. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 54:77-131.
PAGINATION 103-105, figs. 9, 13C-D, 15B, 20C-D, 23A, 26C-D

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Japan Hokkaidō Kumata, T. 1998. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 54:77-131. 105

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Oleaceae Syringa reticulata 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. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 54:77-131. 105

*   A narrowly linear mine in the early stage, then gradually widened, very long, irregularly curved, and sometimes fused into a large blotch.