Metasia ophialis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Genus: | Metasia |
| Species: | M. ophialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Metasia ophialis (Treitschke, 1829)
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Distribution
editThis 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
editMetasia 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
editAdults are on wing from June to September depending on the location.[2]
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Metasia ophialis.
- Lepiforum (in German)
- Paolo Mazzei, Daniel Morel, Raniero Panfili Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Insecta.pro
- Hlasek