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Metachanda astrapias

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Metachanda astrapias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Metachanda
Species:
M. astrapias
Binomial name
Metachanda astrapias
(Meyrick, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ancylometis astrapias Meyrick

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]

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

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  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)