Metachrostis decora (Walker, 1869)

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Boletobiinae
GENUS Metachrostis
SPECIES decora
AUTHOR(Walker, 1869)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONErastria decora
TYPE LOCALITY[Democratic Republic of Congo], Congo, leg. W. H. Marsden.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. - Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 1:325-378, pls 5-7.
PAGINATION 350-351 Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
tephroclytioides Rothschild, 1924 Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Burkina Faso   Hacker H. H. 2011b. Neue Metachrostis Hübner, [1829]-Arten aus dem Yemen und aus Afrika (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eublemminae). - Esperiana 16:213-231, pls. 28-30. 223
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the   Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. - Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 1:325-378, pls 5-7. 350
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). - Esperiana 16:213-231, pls. 28-30. 223
Côte d'Ivoire   Hacker H. H. 2011b. Neue Metachrostis Hübner, [1829]-Arten aus dem Yemen und aus Afrika (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eublemminae). - Esperiana 16:213-231, pls. 28-30. 223
Kenya   Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. - — 10:i-xix, 1-829. 106
Madagascar   Berio E. 1954g. Etude de quelques Noctuidae Erastriinae de Madagascar (Lepid. Noctuidae). - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar (E) 5:133-153; pls 6, 7. 138
Malawi   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 231
Namibia   Hacker H. H. 2011b. Neue Metachrostis Hübner, [1829]-Arten aus dem Yemen und aus Afrika (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eublemminae). - Esperiana 16:213-231, pls. 28-30. 223
South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1953. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part III). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 16(2):143-167, 4 pls.. 149
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. - — 1:1-815, incl. 150 colour plates. 398
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 231
South Africa   Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. - — 10:i-xix, 1-829. 106
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. - — 1:1-815, incl. 150 colour plates. 398
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. - — 1:1-815, incl. 150 colour plates. 398
Tanzania     NHMO
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.). - Esperiana 20(1):1-742; (2): 1-430. 254
Zimbabwe   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 231

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Asparagaceae Albuca sp. South Africa Taylor J. S. 1953. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part III). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 16(2):143-167, 4 pls.. 149
Asparagaceae Albuca sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 187
Asparagaceae Ornithogalum sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 187
Asparagaceae Albuca sp. Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. - Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 42(4-5):197-219. 208

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