Eumetriochroa miyatai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all the four main islands of Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū).[2][3]
The wingspan is 6.1–9 mm for the vernal (spring) form and 5.7–6.9 mm for the aestival (summer) form.[1] The larvae feed on Ilex species, including Ilex crenata, Ilex rotundata,[1][3] and Ilex pedunculosa.[3] They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d Kumata, Tosio (1998). "Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species". Insecta Matsumurana. Series entomology. New series. 54: 77–131. hdl:2115/9886.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W., eds. (2024). "Eumetriochroa miyatai Kumata, 1998". Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae. Belspo, Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d Kobayashi, Shigeki; Huang, Guo-Hua; Nakamura, Akihiro & Hirowatari, Toshiya (2013). "Four new species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from China and Japan, and description of the pupal morphology of the genera Corythoxestis, Eumetriochroa, Guttigera, and Metriochroa". Zootaxa. 3619 (2): 101–129. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3619.2.1. PMID 26131468.