Metasia tiasalis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
Genus: | Metasia |
Species: | M. tiasalis
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Binomial name | |
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Metasia tiasalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]It was described from Sri Lanka, but has also been recorded from Australia (including Queensland).
Description
[edit]It is a micro moths with a wingspan of 1.5 cm (0.39 inch).[3]
References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Metasia tiasalis.
Wikispecies has information related to Metasia tiasalis.
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory
- ^ "Species Details : Lamprosema tiasalis Walker, 1859". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Metasia tiasalis (Walker, 1859)". Butterfly house. Retrieved 2 March 2018.