Metasia strangalota
| Metasia strangalota | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Metasia |
| Species: | M. strangalota |
| Binomial name | |
| Metasia strangalota (Meyrick, 1887) | |
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Metasia strangalota 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 New South Wales.[1]
The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are pale whitish-fuscous, coarsely irrorated with dark fuscous. The first and second lines are strongly marked, irregular and blackish, the first running from one-fourth of the costa to one-third of the inner margin. The second runs from three-fourths of the costa to two-thirds of the inner margin. There is a small round pale spot strongly outlined with blackish beneath the costa beyond the first line, and a transverse-oblong pale discal spot strongly outlined with blackish beyond the middle. There is also a blackish dot on the costa above the discal spot and a cloudy irregular blackish hind-marginal line. The hindwings have a similar colour and markings as the forewings.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1887