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Metamesia elegans

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Species of moth

Metamesia elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Metamesia
Species: M. elegans
Binomial name
Metamesia elegans
(Walsingham, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Lozotaenia elegans Walsingham, 1881
  • Lozotaenia elegantana Vari, 1962
  • Cacoecia hedrastis Meyrick, 1908
  • Tortrix prona Meyrick, 1911

Metamesia elegans is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa (Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal), Tanzania and Uganda.

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Tortricidae in the Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
  3. Afro Moths
Taxon identifiers
Metamesia elegans


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