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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Its type species is Metachanda thaleropis.[6]
Species
edit- Metachanda aldabrella
- Metachanda anomalella
- Metachanda argentinigrella
- Metachanda astrapias
- Metachanda autocentra
- Metachanda baryscias
- Metachanda benoistella
- Metachanda borbonicella
- Metachanda brachychlaena
- Metachanda brunneopunctella
- Metachanda cafrerella
- Metachanda citrodesma
- Metachanda classica
- Metachanda coetivyella
- Metachanda columnata
- Metachanda cophaea
- Metachanda crocozona
- Metachanda crypsitricha
- Metachanda declinata
- Metachanda drypsolitha
- Metachanda eophaea
- Metachanda eucyrtella
- Metachanda fimbriata
- Metachanda fortunata
- Metachanda fulgidella
- Metachanda fumata
- Metachanda gerberella
- Metachanda glaciata
- Metachanda gymnosopha
- Metachanda hamonella
- Metachanda heterobela
- Metachanda holombra
- Metachanda hugotella
- Metachanda hydraula
- Metachanda larochroa
- Metachanda louvelella
- Metachanda malevola
- Metachanda miltospila
- Metachanda mormodes
- Metachanda nigromaculella
- Metachanda noctivaga
- Metachanda oncera
- Metachanda oxyacma
- Metachanda oxyphrontis
- Metachanda phalarodora
- Metachanda plumbaginella
- Metachanda prodelta
- Metachanda ptilodoxa
- Metachanda reunionella
- Metachanda rungsella
- Metachanda rutenbergella
- Metachanda sublevata
- Metachanda taphrospila
- Metachanda thaleropis Meyrick, 1911
- Metachanda trimetropa
- Metachanda trisemanta
- Metachanda trixantha
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Metachanda". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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