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Metasia phragmatias

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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 Crambidae family. It was described by 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. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia