Metasia ateloxantha
| Metasia ateloxantha | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Metasia |
| Species: | M. ateloxantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Metasia ateloxantha (Meyrick, 1887) | |
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Metasia ateloxantha 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 Queensland[1] and New South Wales.[2]
The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous and with deep reddish-ochreous reflections. the lines are blackish fuscous. The hindwings are ochreous-yellow, the base and centre of the disc irrorated with dark fuscous.[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
- ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1887