Metathrinca
| Metathrinca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Metathrinca Meyrick, 1908 |
| Species | |
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20+ (see text) | |
Metathrinca is a genus of Gelechioid moths that belongs to the family Xyloryctidae. Members of this genus can be found in the Oriental region with at least eight being found in China.
Taxonomy
This genus was described in 1908 by Edward Meyrick, an English amateur entomologist considered an expert on the systematics of microlepidoptera.
Species
There are more than 20 species that belong to this genus. Below is a list of species:
- Metathrinca ancistrias (Meyrick, 1906)
- Metathrinca argentea Wang, Zheng & Li, 2000
- Metathrinca breviprocessa Li, 2026
- Metathrinca ceromorpha (Meyrick, 1923)
- Metathrinca coenophyes Diakonoff, [1968]
- Metathrinca crassiprocessa Li, 2026
- Metathrinca digitiloba Li, 2026
- Metathrinca fopingensis Wang, Zheng & Li, 2000
- Metathrinca fortispina Li, 2026
- Metathrinca graciliphalla Li, 2026
- Metathrinca illuvialis (Meyrick, 1914)
- Metathrinca intacta (Meyrick, 1938)
- Metathrinca iridostoma Diakonoff, [1968]
- Metathrinca licina Li, 2026
- Metathrinca lingugnathos Li, 2026
- Metathrinca loranthivora (Meyrick, 1937)
- Metathrinca meihuashana Wang, Zheng & Li, 2000
- Metathrinca memnon Meyrick, 1914
- Metathrinca nigrivenosa Li, 2026
- Metathrinca ophiura Meyrick, 1908
- Metathrinca parabola (Meyrick, 1914)
- Metathrinca pernivis Diakonoff, [1968]
- Metathrinca punctuatella Li, 2026
- Metathrinca rosaria (Meyrick, 1907)
- Metathrinca sinumbra Diakonoff, [1968]
- Metathrinca sublunata Li, 2026
- Metathrinca tsugensis (Kearfott, 1910)
References
- 1 2 3 "Metathrinca". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- 1 2 Tang, Suyang; Li, Houhun (2026-08-07). "Review of the genus Metathrinca Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera, Xyloryctidae) from China, including descriptions of ten new species". ZooKeys (1287): 291–319. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1287.186032. ISSN 1313-2970.