Metalectra

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

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

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the Catocalinae subfamily within the Erebidae and Noctuidae families.[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.
  • Savela, Markku. "Metalectra Hübner, 1823". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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