Metasia gigantalis

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Metasia gigantalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Metasia [1]
Species:
M. gigantalis
Binomial name
Metasia gigantalis
Staudinger, 1871

Metasia gigantalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Greece, the Republic of Macedonia and on Cyprus, Crete and Sicily. [2]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Crambidae Family of insects

The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in wing-spread attitudes.

Greece republic in Southeast Europe

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, also known as Hellas, is a sovereign state located in Southern and Southeast Europe. Its population is approximately 10.7 million as of 2018; Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki.

Taxonomy

The species was formerly treated as a synonym of Metasia carnealis , but was reinstated as a valid species in 2013. [3]

Metasia carnealis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece and on Sardinia and Sicily, as well as in Turkey.

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References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  2. ↑ lepiforum.de
  3. ↑ SLAMKA, F. (2013): Pyraloidea of Europe (Lepidoptera). Volume 3. Pyraustinae & Spilomelinae. Identification - Distribution - Habitat - Biology. — 357 S., 133


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