Metasia spilocrossa

Metasia spilocrossa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Metasia
Species: M. spilocrossa
Binomial name
Metasia spilocrossa
(Turner, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta spilocrossa Turner, 1913

Metasia spilocrossa is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are whitish, suffused with brownish-fuscous and with dark-fuscous markings. The hindwings are as the forewings but without a discal mark.[2]

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