Metathrinca loranthivora

Metathrinca loranthivora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Metathrinca
Species:
M. loranthivora
Binomial name
Metathrinca loranthivora
(Meyrick, 1937)
Synonyms
  • Ptochryctis loranthivora Meyrick, 1937

Metathrinca loranthivora is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. It is found on Java in Indonesia.[1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding in the shoots of Loranthus species.[2]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (August 27, 2014). "Metathrinca loranthivora (Meyrick, 1937)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 5 (4-5): 150.


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