Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea
Family
Crambidae
Subfamily
Spilomelinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Genus
Metasia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854
Type Species
Pyralis suppandalis Hübner, [1823] 1796 - 1833
= Epactoctena Meyrick, 1937 (TS: Metasia octogenalis Lederer, 1863)
= Clasperia Hartig, 1952 (TS: Botys ophialis Treitschke, 1829)
= Hystrixia Hartig, 1952 (TS: Metasia younesalis Chrétien, 1915)
= Metasis (misspell.) (Inoue 1996b: 99)
= Aristidea Slamka, 2013: 134 (TS: Metasia subtilialis Caradja, 1916, by original designation)
Species/Subspecies
Metasia straminealis Hampson, 1903
Type Locality
India, Nilgiris, Ootacamund
Distribution
Specific Records
Nilgiris
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Western Ghats