Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Boletobiinae (subfamily)/  Eublemmini (tribe)/  Metachrostis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Moore, 1881)
Citation:	Leptosia quinaria, n. sp.
Original genus:	Leptosia
Publication:	Moore F. 1881a. Description of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:	1881
Issue:	2
Pagination:	371

Metachrostis orientis (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881)	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes 1♂, 3♀, NHMUK.	India	India NW, [Uttar Pradesh], Allahabad, Manpuri.

Distribution note:

Oriental: India.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881)	Eritrea		Berio E. 1947b. Diagnosi di alcune Erastriinae africane (Lep. Noctuidae). page 12 (as quinarioides)
Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881)	Ethiopia		Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 390
Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881)	Gambia		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 251
Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881)	Kenya		Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 97
Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881)	Mauritania		Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page 124
Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881)	Saudi Arabia		Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 261
Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881)	Sudan		Wiltshire E. P. 1977a. Middle East Lepidoptera XXXIV. More new species of Noctuidae (Lep.) from Africa and Arabia, with further records of Lepidoptera from the Sudan. page 132

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Metachrostis orientis (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Metachrostis orientis (Strand, 1917)	(Strand, 1917)	species	Misapplied	Eublemma orientis
Metachrostis quinarioides (Berio, 1947)	(Berio, 1947)	species	Synonym	Eublemma quinarioides