Metriochroa alboannulata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Metriochroa |
| Species: | M. alboannulata
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| Metriochroa alboannulata Bai, 2016[1]
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Metriochroa alboannulata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Jiangxi, China.[1][2]
The wingspan is 6.5–7.5 mm. The forewings are fuscous, shining with purple and with two silvery white fasciae, the first at the basal one-fourth, and slightly outwardly angulate on the wing fold, the second at the subapex and outwardly oblique. The costa and dorsum have an outwardly oblique bar-shaped silvery white speck at the middle, the costal speck longer than the dorsal one. The dorsum has a silvery white speck near the tornus. The hindwings are fuscous.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name is composed of albus and annulatus, meaning with white ring, referring to the flagellum of the antenna with white rings on its distal part.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bai, Haiyan; Xu, Jiasheng & Dai, Xiaohua (2016). "Two new and one newly recorded species of Gracillariidae from China (Lepidoptera)". ZooKeys (559): 139–150. Bibcode:2016ZooK..559..139B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.559.6812. PMC 4768276.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W., eds. (2024). "Metriochroa alboannulata Bai, 2016". Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae. Belspo, Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
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