Metasia

Metasia
Metasia ophialis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Pyraloidea
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Genus: Metasia
Guenée, 1854
Synonyms
  • Clasperia Hartig, 1952
  • Hystrixia Hartig, 1952
  • Epactoctena Meyrick, 1937
  • Aristidea Slamka, 2013
  • Metasis Inoue, 1996

Metasia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. They are found mainly in Europe and Australia, but also in Africa, Asia, North America, and Pacific islands.