Metoeca

Metoeca is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species Metoeca foedalis, which has a wide distribution, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa,^[4] China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar and Australia (Queensland).

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Metoeca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Metoeca[1] Warren, 1896[2]
Species:	M. foedalis
Binomial name
Metoeca foedalis (Guenée, 1854)[3]
Synonyms
Isopteryx foedalis Guenée, 1854 Isopteryx tenellalis Guenée, 1854 Isopteryx leucothoalis Walker, 1859 Isopteryx spilomelalis Walker, 1859 Zebronia oethonalis Walker, 1859 Hydrocampa scitalis Lederer, 1863 Physematia epispila Meyrick, 1886 Nymphula pseudofoedalis Strand, 1913 Nymphula cantonalis Caradja, 1925

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The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adult are white with dark brown dots and lines and pale brown blobs.^[5]