''Metachanda oxyphrontis'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

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.

References

Oecophorinae Moths described in 1930 Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Oecophoridae-stub