Metachanda
Sign in to saveMetachanda 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 currently unplaced to tribe within Oecophorinae. It has also previously been described as tribe Metachandini of subfamily Gelechiinae.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Metachanda is referenced by 214 other articles, and connects out to butterfly, Lasiocampidae and Animalia.
Vinony files it under LepIndex ID different from Wikidata, Moth genera and Oecophorinae.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Metachandidae
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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 currently unplaced to tribe within Oecophorinae. It has also previously been described as tribe Metachandini of subfamily Gelechiinae.
Its type species is Metachanda thaleropis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metachanda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.