Metastatia azurea

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Metastatia azurea
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M. azurea
Binomial name
Metastatia azurea
Lathy, 1899
Synonyms
  • Metastatia rubroanalisRothschild

Metastatia azurea is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Percy Ireland Lathy in 1899. It is found in Ecuador. [1]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Metastatia azurea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 11, 2018.