Metalectra
Genus of moths
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Metalectra is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
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| Metalectra | |
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| Metalectra discalis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Boletobiinae |
| Genus: | Metalectra Hübner, 1823 |
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Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae within the families Erebidae and Noctuidae.[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