Metasia ossealis

Metasia ossealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Metasia
Species: M. ossealis
Binomial name
Metasia ossealis
Staudinger, 1879

Metasia ossealis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Staudinger in 1879. It is found in Turkey.[1]

The wingspan is 18–23 mm. The ground colour is light brown to whitish-brown. The antemedian and postmedian bands are dark brown and the median field is lighter in colour as the antemedial and postmedian fields. The hindwings are much lighter.

Taxonomy

It was resurrected from synonymy with Palepicorsia ustrinalis in 2001.[2]

References


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