Metanastria aconyta, Cramer, 1777

Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Ahmad, Jalil, 2023, An annotated catalogue of Indian Lasiocampidae (Lasiocampoidea, Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5228 (5), pp. 547-583 : 567

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66. Metanastria aconyta View in CoL ( Cramer, 1777: 131 A) ( Bombyx )

= Bombyx quadricincta Fabricius, 1787: 44 , 111

= Bombyx brahma Lefèbvre, 1827: 208

= Bombyx buddha Lefèbvre, 1827: 209

= Lebeda recta Walker, 1855b: 1461 View in CoL

= Lebeda opponens Walker 1855b: 1462 View in CoL

= Lebeda plagiata Walker, 1855b: 1464 View in CoL

= Lebeda nanda Moore, 1858 View in CoL –1859: 423

TL: Sikkim, Bengalen, Canara.

TD: syntpes, NHMUK.

Distribution in India: Sikkim, Karnataka, West Bengal ( Hampson 1892); Orissa (Ganjam), Karnataka, Kerala, Sikkim, Manipur ( Fletcher 1925, Irungbam et al. 2020), Meghalaya ( Joshi et al. 2021a), Maharashtra (Subhalaxmi et al. 2011). Global records: Nepal and eastern Thailand ( Irungbam et al. 2020).

Remark: Zolotuhin & Pinratana (2005) mentioned male holotype.

References

Cramer, P. (1777 [1779]) De uitlandsche kapellen, voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America [Papillons exotiques, des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique]. Vol. 2. S. J. Baalde & B. Wild, Amsterdam & Utrecht, 151 pp.

Fabricius, J. C. (1787) Mantissa Insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus. 2. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae, 382 pp.

Fletcher, T. B. (1925) Catalogue of Indian Insects. Part 7. Lasiocampidae. Central Publication Branch, Government of India, Calcutta, 29 pp.

Hampson, G. F. (1892) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Moths. - Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London, 527 pp.

Irungbam, J. S., Gurule, S. A. & Fric, Z. A. (2020) Lappet moths (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) of Manipur, north east India: an updated checklist. Journal of Insect Biodiversity, 19 (2), 024 - 043. https: // doi. org / 10.12976 / jib / 2020.19.2.1

Joshi, R., Pathania, P. C., Das, A., Mazumder, A., Ranjan, R. & Singh, N. (2021 a) Lepidoptera: Heterocera (Moths). In: Chandra, K., Kosygin, L., Raghunathan, C. & Gupta, D. (Eds.), Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zone of India: North-East. Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, pp. 511 - 576.

Lefebvre, A. (1827) Description de cinq especes de lepidopteres nocturnes, des Indes Orientales. The Zoological Journal, 3, 205 - 212.

Walker F. (1855 b) Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 6, 1259 - 1507.

Zolotuhin, V. V. & Pinratana, A. (2005) The Moths of Thailand 4: Lasiocampidae: An Illustrated Catalogue of the Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok, 205 pp.