Metanarsia alphitodes
Metanarsia alphitodes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Algeria, south-eastern Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Metanarsia |
Species: | M. alphitodes |
Binomial name | |
Metanarsia alphitodes (Meyrick, 1891) | |
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The length of the forewings is 5–7 mm. The forewings are cream, mottled with brown. The hindwings are light grey.[1] Adults are on wing from mid-May to the end of June.
Larvae have been reared from Nitraria species. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
References
- Bidzilya, O., 2005: A review of the genus Metanarsia Staudinger, 1871 (Gelechiidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 27 (4): 273—297. Full Article: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
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