''Metachanda'' is the sole genus in tribe Metachandini of
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 ...
subfamily
Oecophorinae
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The Oecophorinae are the nominate subfamily of moths in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). They are part of the insufficiently studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and like their relatives, the circumscription of this taxon is dis ...
.
Metachandini was originally described as family Metachandidae by
Edward Meyrick in 1911,
and at the time also contained the genus ''
Chanystis'',
which is currently unplaced to tribe within
Oecophorinae
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The Oecophorinae are the nominate subfamily of moths in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). They are part of the insufficiently studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and like their relatives, the circumscription of this taxon is dis ...
.
It has also previously been described as tribe Metachandini of subfamily
Gelechiinae
Gelechiinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
Taxonomy
The subfamily includes the following tribes and genera:
*Litini Bruand, 1859
**'' Agnippe'' Chambers, 1872
**'' Altenia ...
.
Its
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
is ''Metachanda thaleropis''.
Species
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Metachanda aldabrella''
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Metachanda anomalella''
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Metachanda argentinigrella''
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Metachanda astrapias''
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Metachanda autocentra
''Metachanda autocentra'' is a moth species in the oecophorine tribe Metachandini. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911.
Its type locality is Silhouette Island, Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelle ...
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Metachanda baryscias''
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Metachanda benoistella''
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Metachanda borbonicella''
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Metachanda brachychlaena''
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Metachanda brunneopunctella''
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Metachanda cafrerella''
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Metachanda citrodesma
''Metachanda citrodesma'' is a moth species in the oecophorine tribe Metachandini. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. Its type locality is in South Africa. The species also occurs on São Tomé, Príncipe and in Malawi
Malawi ...
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Metachanda classica
''Metachanda classica'' is a moth species in the oecophorine tribe Metachandini. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. Its type locality is on Mahé Island, Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (fr ...
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Metachanda coetivyella
''Metachanda coetivyella'' 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 M ...
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Metachanda columnata
''Metachanda columnata'' is a moth species in the oecophorine tribe Metachandini. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. Its type locality is Silhouette Island, Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles ...
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Metachanda cophaea
''Metachanda cophaea'' is a moth species in the oecophorine tribe Metachandini. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. Its type locality is on Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), ...
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Metachanda crocozona
''Metachanda crocozona'' is a moth species in the oecophorine tribe Metachandini. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. Its type locality is in Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along ...
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Metachanda crypsitricha
''Metachanda crypsitricha'' is a moth species in the oecophorine tribe Metachandini. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. Its type locality is Mahé Island, Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (f ...
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Metachanda declinata''
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Metachanda drypsolitha''
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Metachanda eophaea''
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Metachanda eucyrtella''
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Metachanda fimbriata''
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Metachanda fortunata
''Metachanda fortunata'' is a moth species in the oecophorine tribe Metachandini. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. Its type locality is Mahé Island, Seychelles. The species also occurs on the Silhouette, Curieuse
Curieuse Island i ...
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Metachanda fulgidella''
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Metachanda fumata''
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Metachanda gerberella''
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Metachanda glaciata''
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Metachanda gymnosopha''
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Metachanda hamonella''
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Metachanda heterobela''
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Metachanda holombra''
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Metachanda hugotella''
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Metachanda hydraula''
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Metachanda larochroa
''Metachanda larochroa'' 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 approximate ...
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Metachanda louvelella''
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Metachanda malevola''
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Metachanda miltospila''
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Metachanda mormodes''
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Metachanda nigromaculella''
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Metachanda noctivaga''
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Metachanda oncera''
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Metachanda oxyacma''
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Metachanda oxyphrontis''
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Metachanda phalarodora''
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Metachanda plumbaginella''
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Metachanda prodelta''
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Metachanda ptilodoxa''
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Metachanda reunionella''
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Metachanda rungsella''
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Metachanda rutenbergella''
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Metachanda sublevata''
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Metachanda taphrospila''
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Metachanda thaleropis'' Meyrick, 1911
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Metachanda trimetropa''
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Metachanda trisemanta''
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Metachanda trixantha''
References
Catalog of Life
Oecophorinae
Moth genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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