Metanarsia alphitodes
| Metanarsia alphitodes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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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Metanarsia alphitodes is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Algeria, south-eastern Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia.
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: .
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