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Metoeca

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Metoeca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Tribe: Herpetogrammatini
Genus: Metoeca
Warren, 1896[1][2]
Species:
M. foedalis
Binomial name
Metoeca foedalis
(Guenée, 1854)[3]
Synonyms
  • Isopteryx foedalis Guenée, 1854
  • Isopteryx tenellalis Guenée, 1854
  • Isopteryx leucothoalis Walker, 1859
  • Isopteryx spilomelalis Walker, 1859
  • Zebronia oethonalis Walker, 1859
  • Hydrocampa scitalis Lederer, 1863
  • Physematia epispila Meyrick, 1886
  • Nymphula pseudofoedalis Strand, 1913
  • Nymphula cantonalis Caradja, 1925

Metoeca is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species Metoeca foedalis, which has a wide distribution, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa,[4] China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar and Australia (Queensland).

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adult are white with dark brown dots and lines and pale brown blobs.[5]

References

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  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  2. Natural History Museum; Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  3. Australian Faunal Directory
  4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Metoeca foedalis (Guenée, 1854)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  5. Australian Insects