Metasia spilocrossa

Metasia spilocrossa is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Metasia spilocrossa
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M. spilocrossa
Binomial name
Metasia spilocrossa
(Turner, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta spilocrossa Turner, 1913

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are whitish, suffused with brownish fuscous and with dark-fuscous markings. The hindwings are as the forewings but without a discal mark.[2]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003โ€“2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  2. Turner, A. Jefferis (1913). "Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 24: 148 โ€“ via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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