Metachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Boletobiinae |
| Genus: | Metachrostis Hübner, [1820] |
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Taxonomy
editThe genus has previously been classified in the Eublemminae subfamily of Erebidae or the Acontiinae subfamily of the family Noctuidae.[5]
Description
editPalpi long and upturned, reaching above vertex of head. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Forewings with stalked veins 8,9 and 10. Vein 7 sometimes almost or quite touching vein 8, and forming an areole.[6]
Species
edit- Metachrostis amanica Osthelder, 1933
- Metachrostis antemediana Hacker, 2011
- Metachrostis anticalis (Walker, [1866])
- Metachrostis anticalis Walker, 1866
- Metachrostis atristipata (Hampson, 1926)
- Metachrostis batanga Draudt, 1950
- Metachrostis bipartita Kononenko & Matov, 2009
- Metachrostis brunea Hampson, 1891
- Metachrostis chalcoscripta Hacker, 2011
- Metachrostis comvelox Hacker, 2011
- Metachrostis contingens Moore, 1888
- Metachrostis costiplaga Warren, 1903
- Metachrostis dardouini Boisduval, 1840
- Metachrostis debivar (Berio, 1947)
- Metachrostis decora Walker, 1869
- Metachrostis djakonovi Kononenko & Matov, 2009
- Metachrostis egens Moore, [1884]
- Metachrostis eupethecica (Hampson, 1910)
- Metachrostis fasciata Hampson, 1891
- Metachrostis forsteri Hacker, 2011
- Metachrostis glaucopuncta Hacker, 2011
- Metachrostis grandivelox Hacker, 2011
- Metachrostis griseimargo Warren, 1912
- Metachrostis hoenei Kononenko & Matov, 2009
- Metachrostis lavinia (Hampson, 1902)
- Metachrostis melabela Hampson, 1910
- Metachrostis miasma Hampson, 1891
- Metachrostis misturata (Hampson, 1910)
- Metachrostis nannata Hampson, 1910
- Metachrostis ochrographa Hacker, 2011
- Metachrostis olmii (Berio, 1937)
- Metachrostis pallidiscripta Hacker, 2011
- Metachrostis parvisi (Berio, 1940)
- Metachrostis paurograpta Butler, 1886
- Metachrostis pectinata Hampson, 1907
- Metachrostis phaeapera (Hampson, 1910)
- Metachrostis phaeographa Hacker, 2011
- Metachrostis politzari Hacker, 2011
- Metachrostis quinaria Moore, 1881
- Metachrostis quinarioides (Berio, 1947)
- Metachrostis remanei Hacker, 2011
- Metachrostis rubripuncta Hampson, 1902
- Metachrostis sciaphora (Hampson, 1910)
- Metachrostis sefidi Brandt, 1938
- Metachrostis sinevi Kononenko & Matov, 2009
- Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875)
- Metachrostis stygiodonta (Hampson, 1910)
- Metachrostis subdardouini Hacker, 2011
- Metachrostis subvelox Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
- Metachrostis thermochroa (Hampson, 1910)
- Metachrostis thermosticta (Hampson, 1910)
- Metachrostis tritonia Hampson, 1902
- Metachrostis velocior Staudinger, 1892
- Metachrostis velox Hübner, 1813
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Metachrostis Hübner, 1820". Afromoths. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ^ Savela, Markku (June 16, 2020). "Metachrostis Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Metachrostis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Metachrostis Hübner, 1820". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
- ^ "Eublemminae". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Amsel (1935). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Kolonial und Übersee Museum in Bremen 1(2): 237.
- Boisduval (1840). Genera et Index Methodicus Europaeorum Lepidopterorum: 96.
- Brandt (1938). Entomologische Rundschau 55: 558.
- Draudt (1950). Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 40: 130.
- Hampson (1891). Illustration typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 8: 12, 73, Pl. 145: 16.
- Hübner (1813). Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge 4(1): 515, Pl. 108.
- Kononenko, V.S. & Matov, A.Y. (2009). "A review of Palaearctic Metachrostis Hübner, [1820] 1816 with description of three new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Eublemminae)." Zootaxa 2026: 1–17.
- Moore (1881). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 371.
- Osthelder (1933). Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 23(2): 85.
- Staudinger (1892). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Gesellschaft Iris zu Dresden 5: 288.
- Warren (1912). Novitates Zoologicae 19: 36.