Metasia mzabi
Metasia mzabi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Metasia |
Species: | M. mzabi |
Binomial name | |
Metasia mzabi Rothschild, 1913 | |
Metasia mzabi is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1913. It is found in Algeria.[1]
The length of the forewings is about 11 mm. The forewings are white, although the basal fourth, costal area and outer fifth are sandy brownish orange. There is a large sandy yellow stigma, encircled with brown and a straight antemedial band, as well as a curved chocolate-brown transverse band. The terminal line is thin and brown. The hindwings are white with a sandy brownish orange stigma, postdiscal band and terminal band.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Novit. Zool. 20 (1): 141