Metoeca
Appearance
| Metoeca | |
|---|---|
| Scientific 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 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
[edit]- ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Metoeca foedalis (Guenée, 1854)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ↑ Australian Insects