Metasia

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Metasia
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Metasia ophialis
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Metasia

Guenée, 1854 [1]
Synonyms
  • ClasperiaHartig, 1952
  • HystrixiaHartig, 1952
  • Epactoctena Meyrick, 1937
  • AristideaSlamka, 2013
  • MetasisInoue, 1996

Metasia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-18.