Metachanda astrapias

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Metachanda astrapias
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Metachanda
Species:M. astrapias
Binomial name
Metachanda astrapias
(Meyrick, 1887) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ancylometis astrapiasMeyrick

Metachanda astrapias is a moth species in the oecophorine tribe Metachandini. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is known from Mauritius, which is its type locality. [2]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Oecophorinae Subfamily of the "concealer moths" family Oecophoridae

The Oecophorinae are the nominate subfamily of moths in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). They are part of the insufficiently studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and like their relatives, the circumscription of this taxon is disputed.

Edward Meyrick FRS was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on Microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern Microlepidoptera systematics.

This species has a wingspan of 12mm for the male. Its head and palpi are whitish-ochreous, antennae dark fuscous. Thorax is whitish-ochreous, abdomen light grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. The forewings are elongated, narrow with a gently arched costa. They are fuscous with a pale greyish-ochreous median longitudinal streak from the base, margined beneath by a blackish streak and above by a cloudy blackish dot. The hindwings are grey, more thinly scaled towards the base. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ afromoths.net
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Metachanda". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. 1887b. Descriptions of some exotic Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1887(2):269–280. (on page 278)
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