68. Metanastria hyrtaca (Cramer, 1779: 97) (Phalaena)

= Bombyx lusa Fabricius, 1787: 112

= Metanastria laricis Ḩbner, 1789: 48

= Lebeda repanda Walker, 1855b: 1460

TL: Surinam / Oriental region.

TD: not known.

Distribution in India: Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Orissa (Ganjam), Madras province (Hampson 1892), West Bengal (Calcutta and Darjiling), Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (Bombay), Meghalaya (Khasis); Uttarakhand (Nainital), Sikkim, Tamil Nadu (Mandal & Maulik 1997, Smetack 2008, Mitra et al. 2019, Joshi et al. 2021a). Global records: China, Taiwan, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malysia, Sumatra, Borneo (Zolotuhin 2000).

Remark: TL mentioned as Surinam is not correct and could not be confirmed as type material is lost (Zolotuhin 2000).