''Metachanda cophaea'' 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 1930.
Its
type locality is on
Mauritius.
References
Oecophorinae
Moths described in 1930
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
Moths of Mauritius
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