Eumetriochroa hiranoi Kumata, 1998

Bai, Haiyan, Xu, Jiasheng & Dai, Xiaohua, 2016, Two new and one newly recorded species of Gracillariidae from China (Lepidoptera), ZooKeys 559, pp. 139-150 : 141

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scientific name	Eumetriochroa hiranoi Kumata, 1998
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Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Gracillariidae

Eumetriochroa hiranoi Kumata, 1998 View in CoL Figs 1, 5, 9

Eumetriochroa hiranoi Kumata, 1998, Insecta Matsumurana (N.S.) 54: 96.

References.

De Prins & De Prins (2005: 185), Kobayashi et al. (2013: 119).

Adult

(Fig. 1). Wing expanse 4.7~5.1 mm.

Material examined.

2♂♂, 2♀♀, China. Feng Shan, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, 8 September 2012, leg. Jiasheng Xu and Chengqing Liao; genitalia slide Nos B13087, B13088, B13089, B13090; all in ICCC.

Host plant.

Styracaceae : Styrax japonicus Siebold & Zucc. (Kumata, 1998).

Distribution.

China (Jiangxi), Japan.

Remarks.

In all four specimens examined the fore wing markings were poorly preserved, but the genital characters (Figs 5, 9) well agree with the description given by Kumata (1998). First record from China.