Metzneria acrena
| Metzneria acrena | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Metzneria |
| Species: | M. acrena |
| Binomial name | |
| Metzneria acrena (Meyrick, 1908) | |
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Metzneria acrena is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Namibia and South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Limpopo.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous somewhat sprinkled with fuscous and with some deep ochreous-yellow suffusion forming streaks beneath the costa and along the submedian fold, and a broad patch occupying most of the postmedian area except for a narrow terminal fuscous fascia sprinkled with dark fuscous. There is a blackish dot at the base of the costa, two beneath the costa at one-fifth and two-fifths, two on the fold obliquely beyond these respectively, one in the disc beyond the middle, and one at two-thirds. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Metzneria acrena (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Metzneria acrena (Meyrick, 1908)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ↑ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1908: 724.
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