Metallarcha tetraplaca
| Metallarcha tetraplaca | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Metallarcha |
| Species: | M. tetraplaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Metallarcha tetraplaca Meyrick, 1887 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Metallarcha tetraplaca is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Western Australia.[2]
The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are clear yellow with light ashy-grey markings, margined with blackish. There is a streak along the costa from the base to four-fifths. The hindwings are fuscous-grey, the costa suffusedly whitish-ochreous, except on a bar before the middle and another almost apical. The apex and upper half of the hindmargin are narrowly and irregularly pale ochreous-yellowish, sometimes continued further towards the anal angle.[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences - Australian Moths Online
- ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1887
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