Metanarsia amseli

Metanarsia amseli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Metanarsia
Species: M. amseli
Binomial name
Metanarsia amseli
Bidzilya, 2008

Metanarsia amseli is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in southern Iran.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The ground colour of forewings is off-white, with brown-tipped scales arranged in three spots in the central part of the forewing. The hindwings are light-grey.[1] Adults are on wing in early April.

References

  1. Bidzilya, O., 2008, New species and new records of the genus Metanarsia Staudinger, 1871 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 36 (144): 531-538.
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