Metasia ophialis

Metasia ophialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Genus: Metasia
Species:
M. ophialis
Binomial name
Metasia ophialis
(Treitschke, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Botys ophialis Treitschke, 1829
  • Metasia ophialis legrandi Leraut, 2001
  • Metasia ophialis ab. thanatella Schawerda, 1913

Metasia ophialis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.

Distribution

This species can be found in Central and Southern Europe (Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Yugoslavia).[1]

Description

Metasia ophialis can reach a wingspan of 14–17 mm (0.55–0.67 in). Wings are whitish, with irregular transversal brown lines.

This species is rather similar to Dolicharthria bruguieralis.

Biology

Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Spronck, R. & A. Georis 2008, Metasia ophialis, une espèce nouvelle pour la faune belge (in French)
  • Treitschke, F. (1829): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa 7: I-VI, 1–252. Leipzig
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