Metasia familiaris (Meyrick, 1884)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Metasia familiaris
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth has fawn wings, each with a faint pattern of zigzag lines. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

Metasia familiaris
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    On the classification of Australian Pyralidina.,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1884, pp. 336-337.


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    (written 6 November 2021)