Metoeca

Metoeca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Metoeca; Warren, 1896
Species:	M. foedalis
Binomial name
	Metoeca foedalis; (Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
	Isopteryx foedalis Guenée, 1854; Isopteryx tenellalis Guenée, 1854; Isopteryx leucothoalis Walker, 1859; Isopteryx spilomelalis Walker, 1859; Zebronia oethonalis Walker, 1859; Hydrocampa scitalis Lederer, 1863; Physematia epispila Meyrick, 1886; Nymphula pseudofoedalis Strand, 1913; Nymphula cantonalis Caradja, 1925;

Metoeca is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species Metoeca foedalis, which has a wide distribution, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa,^[4] China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar and Australia (Queensland).

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adult are white with dark brown dots and lines and pale brown blobs.^[5]

References

^ "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
^ Australian Faunal Directory
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Metoeca foedalis (Guenée, 1854)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
^ Australian Insects

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Metoeca


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Metoeca^[1] Warren, 1896^[2]
Species:	M. foedalis
Binomial name
*Metoeca foedalis* (Guenée, 1854)^[3]
Synonyms
Isopteryx foedalis Guenée, 1854 Isopteryx tenellalis Guenée, 1854 Isopteryx leucothoalis Walker, 1859 Isopteryx spilomelalis Walker, 1859 Zebronia oethonalis Walker, 1859 Hydrocampa scitalis Lederer, 1863 Physematia epispila Meyrick, 1886 Nymphula pseudofoedalis Strand, 1913 Nymphula cantonalis Caradja, 1925