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Metoeca foedalis
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Butterflies & moths

Metoeca foedalis

Names

English—
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese污斑纹野螟
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameMetoeca foedalis Guenée, 1854

About this species

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, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar and Australia (Queensland).

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

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyCrambidae
GenusMetoeca

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2019First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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