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Metoecis carnifex (Coquerel, 1855)

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Higher taxa: Pyralidae (family)/  Phycitinae (subfamily)/  Phycitini (tribe)/  Metoecis (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Coquerel, 1855)
Citation:Chilo carnifex
Original genus:Chilo
Publication:Coquerel Ch. 1855a. Sur les Bombyx qui produisent de la soie à Madagascar.
Journal:Bulletin de la Société impériale zoologique d'Acclimatation
Volume:2
Issue:1
Pagination:32
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5036653
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Metoecis hyaenella (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Metoecis carnifex (Coquerel, 1855) Syntype ♂ MNHN Syntypes ♂, ♀, MNHN. Madagascar Madagascar E, Sainte-Marie [Nosy Boraha], leg. Ch. Coquerel.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Metoecis carnifex (Coquerel, 1855) Congo Joannis J. de 1900b. Note sur une Phycide vivant en parasite dans un nid de chenilles provenant de Mayomba (Congo). page 280 (as vorax)
Metoecis carnifex (Coquerel, 1855) Madagascar Coquerel Ch. 1855a. Sur les Bombyx qui produisent de la soie à Madagascar. page 31
Metoecis carnifex (Coquerel, 1855) Madagascar Sainte Marie Coquerel Ch. 1855a. Sur les Bombyx qui produisent de la soie à Madagascar. page 31
Metoecis carnifex (Coquerel, 1855) Tanzania Zanzibar (Unguja) Fromholz C. 1883. Ueber die Lebensweise und Entwicklung der Anaphe Panda Bsd. und einer neuen Phycidee. page 13 (as hyaenella)
Plant note:

In the silken nests of Hypsoides radama Coquerel, H. (see H. Coquerel 1855a: 31, P. Viette 1957d: 110), and Anaphe panda Boisduval (see C. Fromholz 1883: 9–12). In the nest of Dasychira goodi Holland (see Joannis 1900: 283, as vorax).

Coquerel Ch. 1855a. Sur les Bombyx qui produisent de la soie à Madagascar.
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
Metoecis hyaenella (Fromholz, 1883) (Fromholz, 1883) species Synonym Zophodiopsis hyaenella
Metoecis lepidocerella Mabille, 1880 Mabille, 1880 species Synonym Metoecis lepidocerella
Metoecis vorax Joannis, 1900 Joannis, 1900 species Synonym Metoecis vorax