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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Metathrinca |
| Species: | M. loranthivora
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| Metathrinca loranthivora (Meyrick, 1937)
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The larvae have been recorded feeding in the shoots of Loranthus species.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (August 27, 2014). "Metathrinca loranthivora (Meyrick, 1937)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 5 (4-5): 150.