Metasia spilocrossa
| Metasia spilocrossa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Genus: | Metasia |
| Species: | M. spilocrossa |
| Binomial name | |
| Metasia spilocrossa (Turner, 1913) | |
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Metasia spilocrossa is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are whitish, suffused with brownish fuscous and with dark-fuscous markings. The hindwings are as the forewings but without a discal mark.[2]
References
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
- ^ Turner, A. Jefferis (1913). "Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 24: 148 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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