Metanarsia alphitodes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Algeria, south-eastern Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia.
The length of the forewings is 5–7 mm., 2005: A review of the genus Metanarsia Staudinger, 1871 (Gelechiidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 27 (4): 273—297. Full Article: . Adults are on wing from mid-May to the end of June.
Larvae have been reared from Nitraria species. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
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