 
  | 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 | 
 
                        
                        
                    Had been transferred to the preoccupied Adenia by F. Slamka (2019: 45), now Balqisia Slamka, 2020.
| Scientific name | Country | Province | Publication | URL | 
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| 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 | 
Description of the larva in C. Dumont (1932: 706–707, as aumontella).
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                            | Scientific Name | Authorship | Rank | Status | Original Combination | 
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| Scientific Name | Authorship | Rank | Status | Original Combination | 
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| 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 |