829. Meroctena tullalis (Walker, 1859a: 649) (Botys) Type locality: North Hindustan [North India]. Bangladesh, Silhet [Sylhet] Distribution. Indian records: North Hindostan (Walker 1859a), Sikkim, Assam, Nilgiris (Hampson 1896b), North Cachar Hills, Jatinga, Aizawl, Jaintia Hills, Garamapni, Khasi Hills, Upper Shillong (Kirti & Sodhi 2001), Punjab, Meghalaya, Mizoram (Singh et al. 2019d), Kerala (Das et al. 2020a), Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu (Sondhi et al. 2021). Global records: Sylhet (Walker 1859a), Ceylon (Hampson 1893), Ceylon, Burma, Pulo Laut, Java, Amboina (Hampson 1896b), Vietnam (Tonkin) (de Joannis 1930), Nepal (Yamanaka 1995, 1998). Genus Metasia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854: 251 Type species: Pyralis suppandalis Hübner, [1823] 1796 –1833c, subsequent designation by Hampson (1896b) = Epactoctena Meyrick, 1937: 105 Type species: Metasia octogenalis Lederer, 1863, by original designation = Clasperia Hartig, 1952: 35, figs Type species: Botys ophialis Treitschke, 1829, by original designation = Hystrixia Hartig, 1952: 37 Type species: Metasia younesalis Chrétien, 1915, by monotypy = Metasis (misspell.) (Inoue 1996b: 99) = Aristidea Slamka, 2013: 134 Type species: Metasia subtilialis Caradja, 1916, by original designation

Published as part of Singh, Navneet, Ranjan, Rahul, Talukdar, Avishek, Joshi, Rahul, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Chandra, Kailash & Mally, Richard, 2022, A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-423 in Zootaxa 5197 (1) on pages 304-305, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7252292