Metalectra
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Boletobiinae |
| Genus: | Metalectra Hübner, 1823 |
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Metalectra is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the Catocalinae subfamily within the Erebidae and Noctuidae families.[1][2]
Species
- Metalectra albilinea Richards, 1941
- Metalectra bigallis J.B. Smith, 1908
- Metalectra cinctus J.B. Smith, 1905 (sometimes spelled Metalectra cincta)
- Metalectra diabolica Barnes & Benjamin, 1924 – Diabolical Fungus Moth
- Metalectra discalis Grote, 1876 – Common Fungus Moth
- Metalectra edilis J.B. Smith, 1906
- Metalectra geminicincta Schaus, 1916
- Metalectra miserulata Grote, 1882
- Metalectra quadrisignata Walker, 1858 – Four-spotted Fungus Moth
- Metalectra richardsi Brower, 1941 – Richards' Fungus Moth
- Metalectra tantillus Grote, 1875 – Black Fungus Moth
References
- ↑ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
- ↑ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
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