Metoeca

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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

Metoeca is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. 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 and Australia (Queensland).

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

References

  1. ^ "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  2. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  3. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  4. ^ Afro Moths
  5. ^ Australian Insects


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