Metanarsia amseli

Metanarsia amseli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Metanarsia
Species:	M. amseli
Binomial name
	Metanarsia amseli; Bidzilya, 2008

Metanarsia amseli is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in southern Iran.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The ground colour of forewings is off-white, with brown-tipped scales arranged in three spots in the central part of the forewing. The hindwings are light-grey.^[1] Adults are on wing in early April.

References[]

^ Bidzilya, O., 2008, New species and new records of the genus Metanarsia Staudinger, 1871 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 36 (144): 531-538.

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[1] Bidzilya, O., 2008, New species and new records of the genus Metanarsia Staudinger, 1871 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 36 (144): 531-538.

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