Metasia liophaea

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

Metasia liophaea is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales[1] and the Australian Capital Territory.

Adults have fawn forewings with a faint pattern of zigzag lines and spots.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
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