Metallarcha tetraplaca

Metallarcha tetraplaca is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in the Australian[1] state of Western Australia.[2]

Metallarcha tetraplaca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Metallarcha
Species:
M. tetraplaca
Binomial name
Metallarcha tetraplaca
Meyrick, 1887
Synonyms
  • Metallarcha grammetalla Lower, 1915

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are clear yellow with light ashy-grey markings, margined with blackish. There is a streak along the costa from the base to four-fifths. The hindwings are fuscous grey, the costa suffusedly whitish ochreous, except on a bar before the middle and another almost apical. The apex and upper half of the hindmargin are narrowly and irregularly pale ochreous yellowish, sometimes continued further towards the anal angle.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Metallarcha tetraplaca". Australian Moths Online. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E. (1887). "On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1887: 236 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.