Metachanda

Metachanda is the sole genus in tribe Metachandini of moth subfamily Oecophorinae.[1][2] Metachandini was originally described as family Metachandidae by Edward Meyrick in 1911,[1] and at the time also contained the genus Chanystis,[3] which is currently unplaced to tribe within Oecophorinae.[4] It has also previously been described as tribe Metachandini of subfamily Gelechiinae.[5]

Metachanda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Tribe: Metachandini
Genus: Metachanda
Meyrick, 1911
Type species
Metachanda thaleropis
Meyrick, 1911

Its type species is Metachanda thaleropis.[6]

Species

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Metachandaโ€‹". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Metachanda Meyrick, 1911". AfroMoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net). Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1911). "Tortricina and Tineina". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. Series 2. 14 (3): 275โ€“281. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb00085.x. ISSN 1945-9440. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chanystisโ€‹". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  5. "METACHANDA - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. Savela, Markku. "Metachanda". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


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