Metoeca

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
Species:
M. foedalis
Binomial name
Metoeca foedalis
(Guenée, 1854)
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, 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.

References

  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[link removed]