Metasia phragmatias

Metasia phragmatias
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Spilomelinae
Genus:	Metasia
Species:	M. phragmatias
Binomial name
	Metasia phragmatias; Lower, 1903
Synonyms
	Metasia diplophragma Turner, 1908;

Metasia phragmatias is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous with fuscous markings and some fuscous suffusion at the base. The hindwings have the same colour as the forewings.^[2]

References

^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
^ Turner, A. Jefferis (December 1908). "New Australian Lepidoptera of the Families Noctuidae and Pyralidae". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 32: 97–98. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

[2] Turner, A. Jefferis (December 1908). "New Australian Lepidoptera of the Families Noctuidae and Pyralidae". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 32: 97–98. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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