Metasia mzabi

Metasia mzabi is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1913. It is found in Algeria.[1]

Metasia mzabi
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M. mzabi
Binomial name
Metasia mzabi

The length of the forewings is about 11 mm. The forewings are white, although the basal fourth, costal area and outer fifth are sandy brownish orange. There is a large sandy yellow stigma, encircled with brown and a straight antemedial band, as well as a curved chocolate-brown transverse band. The terminal line is thin and brown. The hindwings are white with a sandy brownish orange stigma, postdiscal band and terminal band.[2]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Novit. Zool. 20 (1): 141


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