Metriotes
Encyclopedia
Metriotes is a genus
of moth
, belonging to the family
Coleophoridae
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
, belonging to the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Coleophoridae
Coleophoridae
| name = Case-bearers| image = Coleophoridae-01 .jpg| image_width = 240px| image_caption = Adult of an unidentified case-bearer species| regnum = Animalia| phylum = Arthropoda| classis = Insecta| ordo = Lepidoptera| superfamilia = Gelechioidea...
Species
- Metriotes jaeckhiMetriotes jaeckhiMetriotes jaeckhi is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in France, Portugal and Spain....
Baldizzone, 1985 - Metriotes lutareaMetriotes lutareaMetriotes lutarea is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe and Turkey.The wingspan is 9-11 mm. Adults are on wing in May and are day-active....
(Haworth, 1828)