Metasia spilocrossa

Metasia spilocrossa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Metasia
Species:	M. spilocrossa
Binomial name
	Metasia spilocrossa; (Turner, 1913)
Synonyms
	Sylepta spilocrossa Turner, 1913;

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]

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

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

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.