Metriochroa carissae Vári, 1963

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FAMILY Gracillariidae
SUBFAMILY Phyllocnistinae
GENUS Metriochroa
SPECIES carissae
AUTHORVári, 1963
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONMetriochroa carissae spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYEthiopia, Addis Ababa, Little Akaki River, 2300 m, e.l. 30.x.1959, leg. E. M. Hering.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀, genitalia slide L. Vári 1026♀, TMSA; Paratype ♀, MfN.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Vári L. 1963a. Neue afrikanische Microlepidoptera. - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 30(1-2):1-12, pl. 1.
PAGINATION 8-9, figs 7, 17; pl. 1, fig. 5

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Ethiopia   Vári L. 1963a. Neue afrikanische Microlepidoptera. - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 30(1-2):1-12, pl. 1. 9

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Apocynaceae Carissa edulis Ethiopia Vári L. 1963a. Neue afrikanische Microlepidoptera. - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 30(1-2):1-12, pl. 1. 9

*   A long, serpentine mine on the upperside of the leaf, silvery white, many windings.