Eumetriochroa miyatai

Eumetriochroa miyatai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū in Japan.[2]

Eumetriochroa miyatai
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Eumetriochroa
Species:
E. miyatai
Binomial name
Eumetriochroa miyatai
Kumata, 1998[1]

The wingspan is 6.1–9 mm for the vernal (spring) form and 5.7-6.9 mm for the aestival (summer) form.

The larvae feed on Ilex species, including Ilex crenata, Ilex pedunculosa and Ilex rotundata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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