Misplaced Pages

Metasia ochrochoa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Spilomelinae
Genus:	Metasia
Species:	M. ochrochoa
Binomial name
Metasia ochrochoa (Meyrick, 1887)
Synonyms
Eurycreon ochrochoa Meyrick, 1887 Metasia galbina Turner, 1913

Metasia ochrochoa is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, the Northern Territory and New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are light yellow ochreous, in females irrorated (speckled) with pale red brownish. The lines are cloudy dark fuscous. The first runs from the inner margin at two-fifths, becoming obsolete towards the costa and the second is slightly waved and runs from three-fourths of the costa to the inner margin at two-thirds. There is a small roundish discal spot obscurely outlined with red brownish. The hindwings have the same ground colour and markings as the forewings.

References

1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
2. "Metasia ochrochoa". Australian Moths Online. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
3. "Species Metasia ochrochoa (Meyrick, 1887)". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
4. Meyrick, E. (1887). "On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1887: 238 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• v
• t
• e

• Moths described in 1887
• Metasia
• Metasia stubs