Metasia gigantalis Staudinger, 1871

Alipanah, Helen & Slamka, František, 2023, A revision of the subfamily Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) in Iran with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5248 (1), pp. 1-70 : 49

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5248.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4F0414D1-147A-41CF-AEDB-8C88A400258A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7681997
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scientific name	Metasia gigantalis Staudinger, 1871
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Metasia gigantalis Staudinger, 1871 View in CoL

( Fig. 21E View FIGURE 21 )

Material examined. Kermânshâh Prov.: 1 Ô, 5 km E Kangâvar , 1500 m, 29.vi.1972, Mirzâyâns, Abâi leg. (gen. prep. HA-2703, HMIM) .

Distribution. Greece including Crete, Cyprus ( Slamka 2013).

Remarks. This species is newly reported for the fauna of Iran.

References

Slamka, F. (2013) Pyraloidea of Europe (Lepidoptera). Vol. 3. Pyraustinae & Spilomelinae. F. Slamka, Bratislava, 357 pp.

FIGURE 21. A) Metasia virginalis Ragonot, male. B) M. sefidalis Amsel, male. C) M. inustalis Ragonot, male. D) M. comealis Amsel, male. E) M. gigantalis Staudinger, male. F) M. rosealis Ragonot, male (scale bar = 10.0 mm).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Crambidae
Genus	Metasia

Specimens