Metzneria heptacentra

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Metzneria heptacentra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Metzneria
Species:
M. heptacentra
Binomial name
Metzneria heptacentra
Meyrick, 1911

Metzneria heptacentra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Zimbabwe and South Africa, where it has been recorded from the North-West Province, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the Orange Free State. [1] [2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, thinly sprinkled with brownish and dark fuscous, irregularly suffused with yellow ochreous in the disc and posteriorly. There is a small spot of blackish suffusion on the base of the costa, a dot beneath the costa near the base, and another on the fold beyond this. There is a stronger black dot towards the costa at two-fifths, one on the fold beyond this, one in the disc beyond the middle, and one at two-thirds. There is a narrow suffused dark fuscous fascia along the termen, preceded by a clear yellow-ochreous fascia. The hindwings are dark grey. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Metzneria heptacentra Meyrick, 1911". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Metzneria heptacentra Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (April 1911). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (1): 64 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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