Metasia pharisalis (Walker, 1859)
 (previously known as Botys pharisalis)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Metasia pharisalis
(Photo: courtesy of Ian Baird, O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth has brown wings, each with a dark comma-shaped spot near the middle, and two vague fragmented dark zigzag lines. The hindwings are brown, each with a vague dark mark near the middle. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Australian Capital Territory.

    Further reading

    Francis Walker,
    Pyralides,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 18 (1859), p. 726, No. 312.

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    (written 3 May 2022)