Metachanda

<i>Metachanda</i>

Metachanda

Sole genus of moth tribe Metachandini (Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae, Oecophorinae)

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]

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Its type species is Metachanda thaleropis.[6]

Species

References

  1. [1]
    Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Metachanda​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [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. [3]
    Meyrick, Edward (1911). "Tortricina and Tineina". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. Series 2. 14 (3): 275–281. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb00085.x. ISSN 1945-9440. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  4. [4]
    Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chanystis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  5. [5]
    Natural History Museum; Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). "METACHANDA - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. [6]
    Savela, Markku. "Metachanda". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


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