Metasia aphrarcha

Metasia aphrarcha is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.

Metasia aphrarcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Metasia
Species:	M. aphrarcha
Binomial name
Metasia aphrarcha (Meyrick, 1887)
Synonyms
Eurycreon aphrarcha Meyrick, 1887

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, becoming darker towards the basal two-thirds of the costa. The lines are irregular, cloudy and blackish. The first runs from one-fourth of the costa to one-third of the inner margin, the second from three-fourths of the costa to beneath the discal spot and then bent to the inner margin at three-fifths, preceded and followed by a white irroration (sprinkles), especially towards the costa. There is an indistinct dark fuscous dot beneath the costa before the middle and a small subquadrate discal spot obscurely outlined with cloudy blackish beyond the middle. There is also a hind marginal row of cloudy blackish dots. The hindwings are pale greyish ochreous, irregularly irrorated with fuscous. There is an obscure fuscous discal dot.[2]

References

1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
2. "On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific".