Metisa Walker, 1855

FAMILY Psychidae
SUBFAMILY Metisinae
AUTHORWalker, 1855
STATUSGenus
PUBLICATIONWalker F. 1855b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 4:i–iv, 777–976.
PAGINATION 927 (key), 957
COMMENTSType species: Metisa plana Walker, 1855. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.– Lepidoptera Heterocera: 958. By monotypy.

Genus Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
Babula Moore, 1890 Synonym of genus
Dasaratha Moore, 1888 Synonym of genus
Dasarathra Neave, 1939 Unavailable name
Dasaretha Pagenstecher, 1909 Unavailable name
Semimanatha Janse, 1919 Synonym of genus

Species

NAME AUTHOR STATUS PUBLICATION
aethiops (Hampson, 1910) Species Hampson G. F. 1910b. Descriptions of new African moths. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 6(31):116–141.
fumosa (Janse, 1919) Synonym of species Janse A. J. T. 1919b. South African bagworms: a new subgenus and species of the genus Acanthopsyche, and a re-description of Trichocossus arvensis Janse. - Annals of the Natal Museum 4:137–141.
heylaertsi Camera (Junod, 1898) Species Junod H. A. 1898. La faune entomologique de Delagoa. - Bulletin de la Société neufchâteloise des Sciences naturelles 27:176–251, pls 1–4.
jansei Bourgogne, 1973 Species Bourgogne J. 1973. Description d'une espèce africaine nouvelle du genre Metisa Walker, 1855. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 28(17):365–370.