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Metasia orphnopis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Metasia

Metasia orphnopis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Turner in 1915. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are fuscous with dark-fuscous lines. The hindwings are as the forewings, but with a curved antemedian line.

References

Metasia orphnopis Wikipedia