| Metasia ophialis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Genus: | Metasia |
| Species: | M. ophialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Metasia ophialis (Treitschke, 1829) | |
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Metasia ophialis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.
This 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]
Metasia 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 .
Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. [2]
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Metasia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
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Metasia tiasalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.
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 North Macedonia, Albania, Greece and on Sardinia and Sicily, as well as in Turkey.
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.
Metasia corsicalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Croatia and on Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Malta.
Metasia cuencalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in France, Spain and Portugal, as well as in North Africa, including Morocco.
Metasia hymenalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in France and Spain, as well as North Africa and Iran.
Metasia ibericalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in France, Spain and Portugal, as well as North Africa.
Metasia suppandalis is a species of crambid snout moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in southern Europe, North Africa, and southwestern Asia.
Metasia alvandalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1961 and is found in Iran.
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Phiaris stibiana is a species of moth in the family Tortricidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1845. It occurs across most of Europe. It was first formally described in 1845 as Sericoris stibiana.
