Metallarcha tetraplaca

Metallarcha tetraplaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Metallarcha
Species:	M. tetraplaca
Binomial name
	Metallarcha tetraplaca; Meyrick, 1887
Synonyms
	Metallarcha grammetalla Lower, 1915;

Metallarcha tetraplaca is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in the Australian[1] state of Western Australia.[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are clear yellow with light ashy-grey markings, margined with blackish. There is a streak along the costa from the base to four-fifths. The hindwings are fuscous grey, the costa suffusedly whitish ochreous, except on a bar before the middle and another almost apical. The apex and upper half of the hindmargin are narrowly and irregularly pale ochreous yellowish, sometimes continued further towards the anal angle.[3]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
"Metallarcha tetraplaca". Australian Moths Online. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
Meyrick, E. (1887). "On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1887: 236 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

[2] "Metallarcha tetraplaca". Australian Moths Online. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

[3] Meyrick, E. (1887). "On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1887: 236 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.