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 melabela Hampson, 1910 (Eublemma)
Type Locality
Belutschistan, Quetta [Pakistan]
Distribution
Specific Records
North West Himalaya
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Indian Himalaya
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