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Metachanda astrapias

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Gelechioidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Oecophoridae (disputed)

Metachanda astrapias is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is known from Mauritius.

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.

References

Metachanda astrapias Wikipedia