Metachanda is the sole genus in tribe Metachandini of
moth subfamily
Oecophorinae.[1][2] Metachandini was originally described as family Metachandidae by
Edward Meyrick in 1911,[1] and at the time also contained the genus Chanystis,[3] which is currently unplaced to tribe within
Oecophorinae.[4] It has also previously been described as tribe Metachandini of subfamily
Gelechiinae.[5]
^De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018).
"Metachanda Meyrick, 1911". AfroMoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net). Retrieved 22 June 2018.