Duponchelia fovealis
Seq # 500330010
Udea elutalis

Metasia ophialis (Treitschke, 1829) Species

Last modified: Oct. 20, 2023, 10:58 a.m.

A new species for Belgium in 2004 (LG). Hitherto a very rare and local species, not often recorded.

Details

Classification
Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Spilomelinae > Tribus: Steniini > Genus: Metasia > Species: Metasia ophialis
Vernacular names
Visiteermot (NL), La Métasie des Hongrois (FR)
First mention in Belgium
Spronck R. & Georis A. 2008. Metasia ophialis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Spilomelinae), une espèce nouvelle pour la faune belge. — Phegea 36(1): 23–24. On page 23. view page
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan: 15–17 mm. Light brownish gray color, dotted with black scales. Two transverse bands (antemedian and postmedian black to black-brown. Legs light whitish gray. Antennae finely ringed with grayish white and black-brown.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Egg

Ovoid white eggs.

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Bionomics

The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults are on the wing from mid-June towards September.

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Substrates:
Unknown

The larva feeds probably on plant debris.

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Habitat

It inhabits dry, wasteland hills and lawns.

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Contact
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Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1780 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1778 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1954 Antwerpen
  • 1903 Limburg
  • 196 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 25 Brabant Wallon
  • 1661 Hainaut
  • 2202 Namur
  • 2126 Liège
  • 2212 Luxembourg