Metallarcha tetraplaca

Metallarcha tetraplaca
Scientific classification
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

Metallarcha tetraplaca is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Western Australia.[2]

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]

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