Metzneria heptacentra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Zimbabwe and South Africa, where it has been recorded from the North-West Province, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the Orange Free State.[1][2]
| Metzneria heptacentra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Metzneria |
| Species: | M. heptacentra
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| Binomial name | |
| Metzneria heptacentra Meyrick, 1911
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The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, thinly sprinkled with brownish and dark fuscous, irregularly suffused with yellow ochreous in the disc and posteriorly. There is a small spot of blackish suffusion on the base of the costa, a dot beneath the costa near the base, and another on the fold beyond this. There is a stronger black dot towards the costa at two-fifths, one on the fold beyond this, one in the disc beyond the middle, and one at two-thirds. There is a narrow suffused dark fuscous fascia along the termen, preceded by a clear yellow-ochreous fascia. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Metzneria heptacentra Meyrick, 1911". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Metzneria heptacentra Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (April 1911). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (1): 64 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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