Metanarsia guberlica

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Metanarsia guberlica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 15.5โ€“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 Guberlinsky Mountains in the southern Ural range.

References

  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: 1โ€“34. Preview