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Metasia ochrochoa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Metasia

Metasia ochrochoa is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, the Northern Territory and New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are light yellow-ochreous, in females irrorated with pale red-brownish. The lines are cloudy dark fuscous. The first runs from the inner margin at two-fifths, becoming obsolete towards the costa and the second is slightly waved and runs from three-fourths of the costa to the inner margin at two-thirds. There is a small roundish discal spot obscurely outlined with red-brownish. The hindwings have the same ground colour and markings as the forewings.

References

Metasia ochrochoa Wikipedia