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Balqisia metamelana (Hampson, 1896)

Permalink:	NEPHMETA
Higher taxa:	Pyralidae (family)/ Phycitinae (subfamily)/ Phycitini (tribe)/ Balqisia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Hampson, 1896)
Citation:	Nephopteryx [sic] (Salebria) metamelana, n. sp.
Original genus:	Nephopterix
Publication:	Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland.
Journal:	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:	1896
Issue:	1
Pagination:	271–272; pl. 10, fig. 7
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200260

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Balqisia arida (1)

Taxonomic note:

Had been transferred to the preoccupied Adenia by F. Slamka (2019: 45), now Balqisia Slamka, 2020.

Slamka F. 2019. Pyraloidea of Europe (Lepidoptera) Volume 4. Phycitinae – Part 1. Identification – Distribution – Habitat – Biology.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Balqisia metamelana (Hampson, 1896)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Yemen	[Yemen], Aden, leg. C. E. Nurse.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Balqisia metamelana (Hampson, 1896)	Kenya		Hampson G. F. 1916a. On moths from Somaliland. – In: Poulton E. B., On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. page 170
Balqisia metamelana (Hampson, 1896)	Oman		Monks J., Ross S., Geiser M., De Prins J., Sharaf M., Wyatt N., Al Rijeibi S. & Polaszek A. 2019. A preliminary survey of the insect fauna of the Hajar Mountain Range, Oman. page 946 (as arida)
Balqisia metamelana (Hampson, 1896)	Sudan		Warren W. & Rothschild W. 1905. Lepidoptera from the Sudan. page 30
Balqisia metamelana (Hampson, 1896)	United Arab Emirates		Asselbergs J. E. F. 2008. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Pyraloidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE Volume I. page 496 (as arida)
Balqisia metamelana (Hampson, 1896)	Yemen		Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 272

Plant note:

Description of the larva in C. Dumont (1932: 706–707, as aumontella).

Dumont C. 1932. Les Lépidoptères des gommiers du Nord de l'Afrique.

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Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Balqisia arida (Asselbergs, 2008)	(Asselbergs, 2008)	species	Synonym	Pempelia arida
Balqisia aumontella (Lucas D., 1911)	(Lucas D., 1911)	species	Synonym	Salebria aumontella
Balqisia horridella (Dumont, 1932)	(Dumont, 1932)	species	Synonym	Salebria horridella