Metriochroa pergulariae Vári, 1961

Triberti, Paolo, Staude, Hermann, Sharp, Ian & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2024, Exploring the diversity of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) in South Africa: host plants, distribution, and DNA barcoding analysis, with the description of nine new species, Zootaxa 5529 (1), pp. 1-51 : 27

29. Metriochroa pergulariae Vári, 1961

( Fig. 85 )

Material examined. 1♂, 1♀, 1 abdomen missing, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, Parys farm, Tshukudu Game Reserve , mn 26.vii.2014, em 12.viii.2014, Pergularia daemia , (rearing: M865) A. & I. Sharp leg., CLV7559, slide TRB4338 ♂ .

Biology. Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Blatt & McCann (= P. extensa (Jacq.) N. E. Br. ( Apocynaceae ) ( Fig. 85 ).

Distribution. South Africa (Limpopo).

DNA barcodes. DNA amplification of the specimen failed (SOURE 003-19).

Figures

FIGURES 84−88. Immature stages of South African Gracillariidae species. 84, Cameraria melhaniella sp. nov., larva on Melhania acuminata (Malvaceae), Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. & I. Sharp leg. 85, Metriochroa pergulariae, mine on Pergularia daemia (Apocynaceae), Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. & I. Sharp leg. 86, Phyllocnistis allisonae, mine on Protea rubropilosa (Proteaceae), Limpopo, Lopez Vaamonde leg. 87, Phyllocnistis magalismontani sp. nov., mine on Englerophytum magalismontanum (Sapotaceae), Limpopo, Hoedspruit, leg. A. & I. Sharp. 88, Phyllocnistis faureae, mine on Faurea saligna (Proteaceae), Gauteng, Tshwane, leg. A. Sharp.