Metasia ateloxantha

Metasia ateloxantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Metasia
Species: M. ateloxantha
Binomial name
Metasia ateloxantha
(Meyrick, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Eurycreon ateloxantha Meyrick, 1887

Metasia ateloxantha is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland[1] and New South Wales.[2]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous and with deep reddish-ochreous reflections. the lines are blackish fuscous. The hindwings are ochreous-yellow, the base and centre of the disc irrorated with dark fuscous.[3]

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