Metallarcha erromena

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Metallarcha erromena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Metallarcha
Species:
M. erromena
Binomial name
Metallarcha erromena
(Turner, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Isocentris erromenaTurner, 1908

Metallarcha erromena is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Turner in 1908. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. [1]

The wingspan is about 39 mm. The forewings are dark-fuscous with orange-ochreous markings. There is a small spot at the base of the costa and another on the mid-base, as well as a large quadrangular spot before the middle, unequally divided by a fine fuscous line on the median vein. The hindwings are orange-ochreous with a dark-fuscous antemedian spot and terminal band. [2]

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .