Metanarsia modesta Staudinger, 1871

Junnilainen, Jari, Karsholt, Ole, Nupponen, Kari, Kaitila, Jari-Pekka, Nupponen, Timo & Olschwang, Vladimir, 2010, The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) 2367, Zootaxa 2367 (1), pp. 1-68 : 9

Metanarsia modesta Staudinger, 1871

Arkaim 14–18.VI.1996, 06–10.VII.1997 ; Burannoe 18.VIII.2006 (1♀); Chalk Hills 03–07.VI.1998, 29.VI.2003, 27.V.2004 ; Guberlja 26. VI.2003 ; Kidriasovo 28–29. V.1998 ; Kuvandyk 13–15. VI.1998 ; Moskovo 22. VI.1996 ; Novoiletzk 08–09. VI.1998 ; Sakmara river 20–21. VI.1996 ; Verbjhuska 30.V– 02.VI.1998, 10–12.VI.1998, 19.VI.1999 . Rather common .

Distribution. In Europe known only from Russia (S Ural), the Volga region, Ukraine and S Italy. Outside Europe Armenia, Turkey, S. Siberia, Iran, Iraq and C Asia ( Bidzilya 2005a, 2008).

Remarks. The type locality of this species is in the vicinity of Volgograd (Sarepta), Russia.