Metachanda astrapias
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]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Metachanda |
Species: | M. astrapias |
Binomial name | |
Metachanda astrapias | |
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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]
References
- afromoths.net
- Savela, Markku. "Metachanda". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- 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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