Metanarsia modesta
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| Metanarsia modesta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Metanarsia |
| Species: | M. modesta |
| Binomial name | |
| Metanarsia modesta Staudinger, 1871 | |
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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.[1] Adults are on wing from early May to late July.
