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Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Boletobiinae (subfamily)/  Eublemmini (tribe)/  Metachrostis (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walker, 1869)
Citation:Erastria decora
Original genus:Erastria
Publication:Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo.
Journal:Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow
Volume:1
Issue:
Pagination:350–351
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1812401
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Metachrostis decora (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Holotype ♀ NHMUK Holotype ♀, NHMUK. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo ?], Congo, leg. W. H. Marsden.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Burkina Faso Hacker H. H. 2011b. Neue Metachrostis Hübner, [1829]-Arten aus dem Yemen und aus Afrika (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eublemminae). page 223
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Equateur Hacker H. H. 2011b. Neue Metachrostis Hübner, [1829]-Arten aus dem Yemen und aus Afrika (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eublemminae). page 223
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. page 350
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Côte d'Ivoire Hacker H. H. 2011b. Neue Metachrostis Hübner, [1829]-Arten aus dem Yemen und aus Afrika (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eublemminae). page 223
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 106
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Madagascar Berio E. 1954g. Etude de quelques Noctuidae Erastriinae de Madagascar (Lepid. Noctuidae). page 138
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Malawi Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 231
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Namibia Hacker H. H. 2011b. Neue Metachrostis Hübner, [1829]-Arten aus dem Yemen und aus Afrika (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eublemminae). page 223
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) South Africa Limpopo Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 398
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) South Africa Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 106
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1953. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part III). page 149
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 231
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) South Africa Free State Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 398
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) South Africa Gauteng Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 398
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Tanzania page NHMO
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Yemen Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 254
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 231
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1942: 209).

Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Albuca sp. Asparagaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1953. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part III). page 149
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Albuca sp. Asparagaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 187
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Albuca sp. Asparagaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 208
Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869) Ornithogalum sp. Asparagaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 187
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
Metachrostis tephroclytioides (Rothschild, 1924) (Rothschild, 1924) species Synonym Eublemma tephroclytioides