Metalectra

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Kingdom Animalia Family Erebidae Scientific name Metalectra Higher classification Boletobiini Order Butterflies and moths		Superfamily Noctuoidea Subfamily Boletobiinae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus
Similar Butterflies and moths, Idia, Palthis, Hypena baltimoralis

Metalectra is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.

Taxonomy

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

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

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