Metalectra

Metalectra is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.

Metalectra
Metalectra discalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Metalectra
Hübner, 1823
Synonyms
  • Homopyralis Grote, 1875
  • Stimmia Guenee, 1852

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae within the families Erebidae and Noctuidae.[1][2]

Species

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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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