''Metachanda astrapias'' is a moth species in the oecophorine tribe

Metachandini ''Metachanda'' is the sole genus in tribe Metachandini of moth subfamily Oecophorinae. Metachandini was originally described as family Metachandidae by Edward Meyrick in 1911, and at the time also contained the genus '' Chanystis'', which is cur ...

. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is known from Mauritius, which is its type locality. This species has a wingspan of 12mm for the male. Its head and palpi are whitish-ochreous, antennae dark fuscous. Thorax is whitish-ochreous, abdomen light grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. The forewings are elongated, narrow with a gently arched costa. They are fuscous with a pale greyish-ochreous median longitudinal streak from the base, margined beneath by a blackish streak and above by a cloudy blackish dot. The hindwings are grey, more thinly scaled towards the base.Meyrick, E. 1887b. Descriptions of some exotic Micro-Lepidoptera. - ''Transactions of the entomological Society of London'' 1887(2):269–280.
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Moths described in 1887 Oecophorinae Moths of Mauritius Endemic fauna of Mauritius Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Oecophoridae-stub