Metasia familiaris

Metasia familiaris is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1884. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Tasmania.[1]

Metasia familiaris
Metasia familiaris
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M. familiaris
Binomial name
Metasia familiaris
(Meyrick, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Eurycreon familiaris Meyrick, 1884

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are light ochreous-brownish, the costa somewhat darker. There is a very small blackish spot on the costa at four-fifths and sometimes some scattered dark fuscous scales forming an ill-defined line from this to two-thirds of the inner margin. There are also some obscure dark fuscous hind-marginal dots. The hindwings are light ochreous, irregularly suffused with grey and with a faint darker line as in the forewings. The hind-marginal dots are as in the forewings.[2]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. XV. On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina By E. Meyrick, B.A


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