Metzneria agraphella

Metzneria agraphella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Metzneria
Species: M. agraphella
Binomial name
Metzneria agraphella
(Ragonot, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Parasia agraphella Ragonot, 1895
  • Metzneria incognita Walsingham, 1904

Metzneria agraphella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Ragonot in 1895. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Asia Minor and Palestine.[1]

The wingspan is 16-18 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, with a straight brownish ochreous streak along the cell, and another parallel to it below the costa, produced beyond the cell and diffused upward to the costa before the apex. A broad dark brownish ochreous line runs along the termen, and the cilia are almost entirely suffused with brownish ochreous in which there is only a faint indication of a median line. The hindwings are shining, dark purplish grey.[2]

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