| Higher taxa: | Crambidae (family)/ Spilomelinae (subfamily)/ Steniini (tribe)/ Epactoctena (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Metasia |
| Authorship: | Meyrick, 1937 |
| Citation: | Epactoctena |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Metasia octogenalis Lederer, 1863. Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 7: 421, 481; pl. 15, fig. 10. By original designation. |
| Publication: | Meyrick E. 1937a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 5. |
| Journal: | — |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Issue: | 3–5 |
| Pagination: | 105 |