Metasia ophialis

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Metasia ophialis
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M. ophialis
Binomial name
Metasia ophialis
(Treitschke, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Botys ophialisTreitschke, 1829
  • Metasia ophialis legrandiLeraut, 2001
  • Metasia ophialis ab. thanatellaSchawerda, 1913

Metasia ophialis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.

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Distribution

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]

Description

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 .

Biology

Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. [2]

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