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Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Boletobiinae (subfamily)/  Eublemmini (tribe)/  Metachrostis (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Wallengren, 1875)
Citation:Leptosia Snelleni n. sp.
Original genus:Leptosia
Publication:Wallengren H. D. J. 1875. Insecta Transvaaliensia. – Bihang till Transvaalska Republikens i Södra Afrika Insektfauna.
Journal:Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar
Volume:32
Issue:1
Pagination:112
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32232883
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Metachrostis snelleni (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Syntype unknown SNHM Syntypes, SNHM. South Africa South Africa, Transvaal, Transvaalia.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 392
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Hacker H. H. 2011b. Neue Metachrostis Hübner, [1829]-Arten aus dem Yemen und aus Afrika (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eublemminae). page 216
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Eritrea Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 391
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Eswatini Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 326 (map)
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Ethiopia Hacker H. H. 2011b. Neue Metachrostis Hübner, [1829]-Arten aus dem Yemen und aus Afrika (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eublemminae). page 216
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 415
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Lesotho Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 415
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Madagascar Berio E. 1954g. Etude de quelques Noctuidae Erastriinae de Madagascar (Lepid. Noctuidae). page 138
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Saudi Arabia Hacker H. H. 2014. Revision of the tribe Nolini of Africa and the Western Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Nolinae) Supplement 1. page 252
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) South Africa Eastern Cape Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 392
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) South Africa Free State Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 326 (map)
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) South Africa Gauteng Wallengren H. D. J. 1875. Insecta Transvaaliensia. – Bihang till Transvaalska Republikens i Södra Afrika Insektfauna. page 112
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 326 (map)
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) 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. page 392
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) South Africa Mpumalanga Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 326 (map)
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) South Africa North-West Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 326 (map)
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) South Africa Northern Cape Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 326 (map)
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) South Africa Western Cape Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 392
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Sudan Wiltshire E. P. 1973. Middle East Lepidoptera: XXXI. A new Clytie species, a new Metophonrhis subspecies, and other noctuid records from the Sudan. page 43
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Tanzania Hacker H. H. 2011b. Neue Metachrostis Hübner, [1829]-Arten aus dem Yemen und aus Afrika (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eublemminae). page 217
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Uganda Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. page 217
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 100
Plant note:

Inside bulbs and fruit of various Asparagaceae (see H. S. Staude et al. 2023: 326).

Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Asparagus sp. Liliaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 187
Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) Undefined polyphagous Undefined South Africa Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 326
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
Metachrostis aethiops (Distant, 1892) (Distant, 1892) species Synonym Epizeuxis aethiops
Metachrostis discirufa (Strand, 1917) (Strand, 1917) species Misapplied Eublemma discirufa
Metachrostis pallidior (Strand, 1917) (Strand, 1917) species Misapplied Eublemma pallidior