Metasia ophialis

Metasia ophialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Metasia
Species:	M. ophialis
Binomial name
Metasia ophialis (Treitschke, 1829)
Synonyms
Botys ophialis Treitschke, 1829 Metasia ophialis legrandi Leraut, 2001 Metasia ophialis ab. thanatella Schawerda, 1913

Metasia ophialis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.

Distribution

This species can be found in Central and Southern Europe (Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Yugoslavia).

Description

Metasia ophialis can reach a wingspan of 14–17 mm (0.55–0.67 in). Wings are whitish, with irregular transversal brown lines.

This species is rather similar to Dolicharthria bruguieralis.

Biology

Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location.

References

• Treitschke, F. (1829): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa 7: I-VI, 1–252. Leipzig

External links

• Lepiforum (in German)
• Paolo Mazzei, Daniel Morel, Raniero Panfili Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
• Insecta.pro
• Hlasek