Metasia orphnopis

Metasia orphnopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Metasia
Species: M. orphnopis
Binomial name
Metasia orphnopis
Turner, 1915

Metasia orphnopis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Turner in 1915. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are fuscous with dark-fuscous lines. The hindwings are as the forewings, but with a curved antemedian line.[2]

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