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Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Erebidae

Subfamily

Boletobiinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Metachrostis Hübner, [1820] 1816

Type Species

Noctua velox Hübner, [1813]: pl. 108, by subsequent designation by Hampson (1894): 325

= Leptosia Guenée, 1841: 225 (TS: Noctua velox Hübner, [1813]: pl. 108). Leptosia Guenée is a junior homonym of Leptosia Hübner, 1818: 13 (Pieridae). The objective replacement name is Metachrostis.
= Zalaca Walker, [1866] 1865: 1202 (TS: Zalaca anticalis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1202)
= Neoleptosia Koçak, 1980: 25 (TS: Noctua velox Hübner, [1813]: pl. 108). An unnecessary objective replacement name for Leptosia Guenée, 1841

Species/Subspecies

Metachrostis brunnea Hampson, 1891 (Acontia)

Type Locality

Nilgiri district, N. slopes, 3500

=Acontia brunea [sic] Hampson, 1891

Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir Uttarakhand Sikkim Punjab Bihar WestBengal Odisha Maharashtra Karnataka Goa Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Tripura Manipur Mizoram Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Haryana Delhi Himachal Pradesh Telengana Andaman & Nikobar Island Lakshadweep

Distribution

Specific Records

Nilgiris

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

North India, South India, Western Ghats

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