Metachrostis

Metachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.[3][4]

Metachrostis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Metachrostis
Hübner, [1820]
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Leptosia Guenée, 1841
  • Zalaca Walker, [1866]
  • Neoleptosia Koçak, 1980

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the Eublemminae subfamily of Erebidae or the Acontiinae subfamily of the family Noctuidae.[5]

Description

Palpi 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
  • 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
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Metachrostis Hübner, 1820". Afromoths. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  2. Savela, Markku (June 16, 2020). "Metachrostis Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Metachrostis Hübner, 1820". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  5. "Eublemminae". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  6. 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.


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