Metzneria acrena

Metzneria acrena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Metzneria
Species:	M. acrena
Binomial name
	Metzneria acrena; (Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
	Aristotelia acrena Meyrick, 1908;

Metzneria acrena is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Namibia and South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Limpopo.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous somewhat sprinkled with fuscous and with some deep ochreous-yellow suffusion forming streaks beneath the costa and along the submedian fold, and a broad patch occupying most of the postmedian area except for a narrow terminal fuscous fascia sprinkled with dark fuscous. There is a blackish dot at the base of the costa, two beneath the costa at one-fifth and two-fifths, two on the fold obliquely beyond these respectively, one in the disc beyond the middle, and one at two-thirds. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Metzneria acrena (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Metzneria acrena (Meyrick, 1908)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1908: 724.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Metzneria acrena (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Metzneria acrena (Meyrick, 1908)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

[3] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1908: 724.