Metalectra is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
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| Metalectra discalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Boletobiinae |
| Genus: | Metalectra Hübner, 1823 |
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Taxonomy
editThe genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae within the families Erebidae and Noctuidae.[1][2]
Species
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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. Bibcode:2010ZooK...40....1L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- Savela, Markku. "Metalectra Hübner, 1823". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.