Metasia phragmatias
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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

  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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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