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Metasia ossealis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Metasia

Metasia ossealis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Staudinger in 1879. It is found in Turkey.

The wingspan is 18–23 mm. The ground colour is light brown to whitish-brown. The antemedian and postmedian bands are dark brown and the median field is lighter in colour as the antemedial and postmedian fields. The hindwings are much lighter.

Taxonomy

It was resurrected from synonymy with Palepicorsia ustrinalis in 2001.

References

Metasia ossealis Wikipedia