Metasia dicealis (Walker, 1859) (previously known as Eurycreon dicealis) 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 wings, each with a faint pattern of zigzag lines. The forewings have recurved wingtips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

Victoria.

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Further reading

Francis Walker,
Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 18 (1859), p. 792, No. 42.

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(updated 5 July 2011, 18 November 2025)