Metathrinca
| Metathrinca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Metathrinca Meyrick, 1908 |
| Species | |
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20+ (see text) | |
Metathrinca is a genus of Gelechioid moths that belongs to the family Xyloryctidae. Members of this genus can be found in the Oriental region with at least eight being found in China.[1][2]
Taxonomy
[edit]This genus was described in 1908 by Edward Meyrick, an English amateur entomologist considered an expert on the systematics of microlepidoptera.[1]
Species
[edit]There are more than 20 species that belong to this genus. Below is a list of species:[1][2]
- Metathrinca ancistrias (Meyrick, 1906)
- Metathrinca argentea Wang, Zheng & Li, 2000
- Metathrinca breviprocessa Li, 2026
- Metathrinca ceromorpha (Meyrick, 1923)
- Metathrinca coenophyes Diakonoff, [1968]
- Metathrinca crassiprocessa Li, 2026
- Metathrinca digitiloba Li, 2026
- Metathrinca fopingensis Wang, Zheng & Li, 2000
- Metathrinca fortispina Li, 2026
- Metathrinca graciliphalla Li, 2026
- Metathrinca illuvialis (Meyrick, 1914)
- Metathrinca intacta (Meyrick, 1938)
- Metathrinca iridostoma Diakonoff, [1968]
- Metathrinca licina Li, 2026
- Metathrinca lingugnathos Li, 2026
- Metathrinca loranthivora (Meyrick, 1937)
- Metathrinca meihuashana Wang, Zheng & Li, 2000
- Metathrinca memnon Meyrick, 1914
- Metathrinca nigrivenosa Li, 2026
- Metathrinca ophiura Meyrick, 1908
- Metathrinca parabola (Meyrick, 1914)
- Metathrinca pernivis Diakonoff, [1968]
- Metathrinca punctuatella Li, 2026
- Metathrinca rosaria (Meyrick, 1907)
- Metathrinca sinumbra Diakonoff, [1968]
- Metathrinca sublunata Li, 2026
- Metathrinca tsugensis (Kearfott, 1910)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Metathrinca". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- 1 2 Tang, Suyang; Li, Houhun (2026-08-07). "Review of the genus Metathrinca Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera, Xyloryctidae) from China, including descriptions of ten new species". ZooKeys (1287): 291–319. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1287.186032. ISSN 1313-2970.