Marcinistra metallica (Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998) Benedek & Volynkin & Saldaitis & Tóth, 2022

Benedek, Balázs, Volynkin, Anton V., Saldaitis, Aidas & Tóth, Balázs, 2022, On the taxonomy of the Conistra generic complex with descriptions of three new genera and a new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae), Zootaxa 5141 (5), pp. 442-458 : 446-447

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.5.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6598655
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B287B4-3307-FFC2-2491-8BDAFD1DFEC7
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Marcinistra metallica (Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Marcinistra metallica (Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998) View in CoL , comb. n.

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“ Conistra ” metallica Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998 , Tinea , 15 (suppl. 1): 232, pl. 153, fig. 10 (Type locality: “ Nepal, Langtang , near Chandrabari, 2860m ”).

Type material examined. Paratypes: 1 male, 1 female, Nepal, Langtang , 1860m, near Chandrabari, 85°21’E, 28°05’N, 25.ix.1994, leg. Csorba & Ronkay, gen. prep. No.: TB2049 (female) ( HNHM) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Nepal, Langtang , 2820m, 3 km SE Syabru, 85°21’E, 28°07’N, 27.ix.1994, leg. Csorba & Ronkay, gen. prep. No.: RL4898 ( HNHM) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 14–15 mm in both sexes. The detailed comparison with M. leichina sp. n. is provided below in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. Nepal ( Hreblay & Ronkay 1998).