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Metasia tiasalis Botys

Description

835. Metasia tiasalis (Walker, 1859a: 994) (Botys)

Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka]

= Asopia microchrysalis Walker, 1866a: 1306

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay

= Lamprosema truncitornalis Hampson, 1918a: 257

Type locality: Queensland, Brisbane, Taylor range

Distribution. Indian records: North India (Rose & Dhillon 1980c), Chambaghat, Solan (HP), Dehradun (UP [presently in Uttarakhand]) (Gupta 1994). Global records: Ceylon (Walker 1859a), Australia, Queensland (Walker 1866a).

Genus Metoeca Warren, 1896a: 145

Type species: Isopteryx foedalis Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854, by original designation

Notes

Published as part of Singh, Navneet, Ranjan, Rahul, Talukdar, Avishek, Joshi, Rahul, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Chandra, Kailash & Mally, Richard, 2022, A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-423 in Zootaxa 5197 (1) on page 305, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7252292

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References

  • Walker, F. (1859 a) List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XVI - Deltoides, XVII - Pyralides, Part XVIII - Pyralides, Part XIX - Pyralides. The Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, iv + 1036 pp.
  • Walker, F. (1866 a) List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIV. Supplement Part 4. The Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. i - iv + 1121 - 1533.
  • Hampson, G. F. (1918 a) Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, (9) 1, 125 - 136 + 252 - 262 + 265 - 280. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222931808562310
  • Rose, H. S. & Dhillon, S. S. (1980 c) Historical account of India Pyralidae (Lepidoptera) and future scope of work on this family. The Indian Zoologist, 4 (1 - 2), 137 - 151.
  • Gupta, S. L. (1994) Checklist of Indian Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraliae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of India, 14, 1 - 81.
  • Warren, W. (1896 a) New genera and species of Pyralidae, Thyrididae, and Epiplemidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, Series 6, 17, 94 - 106 + 131 - 150 + 202 - 216. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939608680352
  • Guenee, M. A. (1854) Deltoides et Pyralites. In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de & Guenee, M. A. (Eds.), Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species General des Lepidopteres 8. Librairie encyclopedique Roret, Paris, pp. 1 - 448.