Metanarsia modesta

Metanarsia modesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Metanarsia
Species:	M. modesta
Binomial name
	Metanarsia modesta; Staudinger, 1871
Synonyms
	Metanarsia modesta kurdistanella Amsel, 1959;

Metanarsia modesta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in southern Italy, Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, Armenia, north-eastern Iran, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Russia (the southern and south-eastern European part), and south-eastern and northern Kazakhstan. The habitat consists of steppes.

The length of the forewings is 6–10 mm. The forewings are light grey, mottled with brown scales. The hindwings are light grey.^[1] Adults are on wing from early May to late July.

References

^ Bidzilya, O., 2005: A review of the genus Metanarsia Staudinger, 1871 (Gelechiidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 27 (4): 273—297. Full Article: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).

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[1] Bidzilya, O., 2005: A review of the genus Metanarsia Staudinger, 1871 (Gelechiidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 27 (4): 273—297. Full Article: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).

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