Biology:Metallarcha tetraplaca
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Metallarcha |
| Species: | M. tetraplaca
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| Binomial name | |
| Metallarcha tetraplaca Meyrick, 1887
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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]
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
- ↑ Nuss, M. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ↑ "Metallarcha tetraplaca". Australian Moths Online. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (1887). "On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1887: 236. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48720#page/270/mode/1up.
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Wikidata ☰ Q19597880 entry
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