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Metasia ateloxantha

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Metasia ateloxantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Genus: Metasia
Species:
M. ateloxantha
Binomial name
Metasia ateloxantha
(Meyrick, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Eurycreon ateloxantha Meyrick, 1887

Metasia ateloxantha is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in the Australian states of Queensland[1] and New South Wales.[2]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) 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

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  2. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (28 January 2013). " Metasia ateloxantha (Meyrick, 1887)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E. (1887). "On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1887: 242–243 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.