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 quinaria Moore, 1881 (Leptosia)

Type Locality

Allahabad [Uttar Pradesh]

=Eublemma quinarioides Berio, 1947: 12 (TL: Eritrea, Asmara)

Distribution

Specific Records

Allahabad

States/Union Territories

Uttar Pradesh

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Gangetic Plain

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Distribution

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