Metasia ophialis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.
Distribution This species can be found in Central and Southern Europe (Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Yugoslavia).Fauna Europaea
Description Metasia ophialis can reach a wingspan of . Wings are whitish, with irregular transversal brown lines.
This species is rather similar to Dolicharthria bruguieralis.
Biology Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location.Spronck, R. & A. Georis 2008, Metasia ophialis, une espèce nouvelle pour la faune belge
References
Treitschke, F. (1829): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa 7: I-VI, 1–252. Leipzig
External links
Lepiforum Paolo Mazzei, Daniel Morel, Raniero Panfili Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Insecta.pro Hlasek