Metachanda

Metachanda
Scientific classification
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

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]

Its type species is Metachanda thaleropis.^[6]

Species

References

^ ^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.