Metanarsia guberlica

Metanarsia guberlica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Metanarsia
Species:	M. guberlica
Binomial name
	Metanarsia guberlica; Nupponen, 2010

Metanarsia guberlica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia (the southern Ural). The habitat consists of rocky steppe slopes.

The wingspan is 15.5–16 mm. The forewings are pale reddish brown, with three indistinct dark brown spots. The hindwings are fuscous, but the basal area is paler.^[1]

Etymology[]

The species name refers to the type locality, the in the southern Ural range.

References[]

^ Junnilainen, J.; Nupponen, K. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: descriptions of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2366: 1–34. Preview

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[1] Junnilainen, J.; Nupponen, K. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: descriptions of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2366: 1–34. Preview

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