Eumetriochroa hiranoi Kumata, 1998

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SUBFAMILY Phyllocnistinae
GENUSEumetriochroa
SPECIES hiranoi
AUTHORKumata, 1998
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONEumetriochroa hiranoi sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY[Japan], [Nansei-shotō] (Ryukyu Is.[lands]), Iriomote O., Yutun-Inda.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Grc-5452, EIHU♂; Paratypes 4♂ and 11♀, 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 96-99

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Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
China Jiangxi Bai, H., Xu, J. & Dai, X. 2016. Two new and one newly recorded species of Gracillariidae from China (Lepidoptera). - ZooKeys 559:139-150. 141
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. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 54:77-131. 98
Japan Nansei Shoto (Ryūkyū 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. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 54:77-131. 98

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Styracaceae Styrax japonicus 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. 98
Styracaceae Styrax japonicus China Bai, H., Xu, J. & Dai, X. 2016. Two new and one newly recorded species of Gracillariidae from China (Lepidoptera). - ZooKeys 559:139-150. 141

*   On upper side of leaf, long linear, irregularly curved, and somewhat serpentine; mining part discoloured into white, semitransparent, without any dark line of frass.