Metasia

Metasia
Metasia ophialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Pyraloidea
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Spilomelinae
Genus:	Metasia Guenée, 1854
Synonyms
ClasperiaHartig, 1952 HystrixiaHartig, 1952 Epactoctena Meyrick, 1937 AristideaSlamka, 2013 MetasisInoue, 1996

Metasia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. They are found mainly in Europe and Australia, but also in Africa, Asia, North America, and Pacific islands. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

The following species are members of the genus Metasia. ^[1]

• Metasia acharis Meyrick, 1889
• Metasia achroa (Lower, 1903)
• Metasia albicostalis Hampson, 1900
• Metasia albula Hampson, 1899
• Metasia alvandalis Amsel, 1961
• Metasia angustipennis Rothschild, 1921
• Metasia annuliferalis Hampson, 1903
• Metasia aphrarcha (Meyrick, 1887)
• Metasia arenbergeri Slamka, 2013
• Metasia arida Hampson, 1913
• Metasia asymmetrica Amsel, 1970
• Metasia ateloxantha (Meyrick, 1887)
• Metasia baezi Falck, Karsholt & Slamka, 2022
• Metasia belutschistanalis Amsel, 1961
• Metasia bilineatella Inoue, 1996
• Metasia capnochroa (Meyrick, 1884)
• Metasia carnealis (Treitschke, 1829)
• Metasia celaenophaes (Turner, 1913)
• Metasia chionostigma Clarke, 1971
• Metasia comealis Amsel, 1961
• Metasia coniotalis Hampson, 1903
• Metasia corsicalis (Duponchel, 1833)
• Metasia criophora Hampson, 1899
• Metasia cuencalis Ragonot, 1894
• Metasia cyrnealis Schawerda, 1926
• Metasia delotypa (Turner, 1913)
• Metasia dicealis (Walker, 1859)
• Metasia dryocausta Meyrick, 1938
• Metasia ectodontalis Lower, 1903
• Metasia empelioptera Clarke, 1971
• Metasia eremialis Hampson, 1913
• Metasia exculta Meyrick, 1934
• Metasia familiaris (Meyrick, 1884)
• Metasia farsalis Amsel, 1961
• Metasia gigantalis (Staudinger, 1871)
• Metasia gnorisma Clarke, 1971
• Metasia grootbergensis Mey, 2011
• Metasia harmodia (Meyrick, 1887)
• Metasia hemicirca (Meyrick, 1887)
• Metasia hilarodes Meyrick, 1894
• Metasia hodiusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Metasia homogama (Meyrick, 1887)
• Metasia homophaea (Meyrick, 1885)
• Metasia hymenalis Guenée, 1854
• Metasia ibericalis Ragonot, 1894
• Metasia inustalis Ragonot, 1894
• Metasia kasyi Amsel, 1970
• Metasia kurdistanalis Amsel, 1961
• Metasia laristanalis Amsel, 1961
• Metasia liophaea (Meyrick, 1887)
• Metasia masculina (Strand, 1918)
• Metasia mimicralis Amsel, 1970
• Metasia minimalis Amsel, 1970
• Metasia morbidalis Leech & South, 1901
• Metasia mzabi Rothschild, 1913
• Metasia ochrochoa (Meyrick, 1887)
• Metasia octogenalis Lederer, 1863
• Metasia ophialis (Treitschke, 1829)
• Metasia orphnopis Turner, 1915
• Metasia ossealis Staudinger, 1879
• Metasia paganalis South, 1901
• Metasia pagmanalis Amsel, 1961
• Metasia parallelalis Rothschild, 1921
• Metasia parvalis Caradja, 1916
• Metasia perfervidalis (Hampson, 1913)
• Metasia perirrorata Hampson, 1913
• Metasia pharisalis (Walker, 1859)
• Metasia phragmatias Lower, 1903
• Metasia polytima Turner, 1908
• Metasia profanalis (Walker, 1866)
• Metasia punctimarginalis Hampson, 1913
• Metasia rebeli Slamka, 2013
• Metasia rosealis Ragonot, 1895
• Metasia roseocilialis Hampson, 1918
• Metasia sabulosalis Warren, 1896
• Metasia sefidalis Amsel, 1961
• Metasia sinuifera Hampson, 1913
• Metasia spilocrossa (Turner, 1913)
• Metasia straminealis Hampson, 1903
• Metasia strangalota (Meyrick, 1887)
• Metasia subtilialis Caradja, 1916
• Metasia suppandalis (Hübner, 1823)
• Metasia tiasalis (Walker, 1859)
• Metasia triplex (Turner, 1913)
• Metasia tumidalis Hampson, 1913
• Metasia typhodes Turner, 1908
• Metasia vicanalis South, 1901
• Metasia virginalis Ragonot, 1894
• Metasia xenogama (Meyrick, 1884)
• Metasia zinckenialis Hampson, 1899
• Metasia zophophanes (Turner, 1937)

Former species

• Metasia continualis Amsel, 1961
• Metasia cypriusalis Amsel, 1958
• Metasia holoxanthia Hampson, 1899
• Metasia olbienalis Guenée, 1854
• Metasia oranalis Caradja, 1916
• Metasia prionogramma (Meyrick, 1886)
• Metasia pseudocontinualis Amsel, 1961
• Metasia rubricalis Rebel, 1939
• Metasia younesalis Chrétien, 1915

References

1. Nuss, M.; Landry, B.; Mally, R.; Vegliante, F.; et al. (2024). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea" . Retrieved 2024-08-10.
2. "Metasia coniotalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-11.

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database