Metasia liophaea (Meyrick, 1887) (previously known as Eurycreon liophaea) SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth has fawn forewings, with a faint pattern of zigzag lines and outlined spots. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

Victoria.

showing undersides
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1887, pp. 241-242.

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(updated 8 May 2009. 23 December 2025)