Metachrostis

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

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

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the Eublemminae subfamily of Erebidae or the Acontiinae subfamily of the family Noctuidae.[2]

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.[3]

Species
  • Metachrostis amanica Osthelder, 1933
  • Metachrostis antemediana Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis anticalis Walker, 1866
  • Metachrostis atristipata (Hampson, 1926)
  • Metachrostis batanga Draudt, 1950
  • Metachrostis bipartita
  • 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 dardouini dardouini Boisduval, 1840
    • Metachrostis dardouini dilucida Osthelder, 1933
  • 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 lavinia (Hampson, 1902)
  • Metachrostis forsteri Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis glaucopuncta Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis grandivelox Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis griseimargo Warren, 1912
  • Metachrostis hoenei Kononenko & Matov, 2009
  • 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 velocior deserta Amsel, 1935
    • Metachrostis velocior 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. "Eublemminae". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. 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.
  • Savela, Markku. "Metachrostis Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  • Moore (1881). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 371.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
  • 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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