Metasia ophialis Treitschke, 1829 is a animal in the Crambidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Metasia ophialis Treitschke, 1829

Metasia ophialis Treitschke, 1829

Metasia ophialis is a small moth found across Central and Southern Europe that resembles Dolicharthria bruguieralis.

Family
Genus
Metasia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Metasia ophialis Treitschke, 1829

Metasia ophialis (scientific name: Metasia ophialis Treitschke, 1829) has a wingspan that ranges from 14–17 mm (0.55–0.67 in). Its wings are whitish, marked with irregular transverse brown lines. This species looks quite similar to Dolicharthria bruguieralis. It can be found in Central and Southern Europe, specifically in Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia.

Photo: (c) Paolo Mazzei, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Paolo Mazzei · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Crambidae Metasia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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