Metalectra
{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Metalectra discalis – Common Fungus Moth (14120710918).jpg
| image_caption = Metalectra discalis
| taxon = Metalectra
| authority = 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 subfamily Catocalinae within the families Erebidae and Noctuidae.{{cite journal|last1=Zahiri|first1=Reza|title=Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)|journal=Systematic Entomology|date=2011|doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x|display-authors=etal|volume=37|pages=102–124|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|last1=Lafontaine|first1=Donald|last2=Schmidt|first2=Christian|title=Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico|journal=ZooKeys|date=19 Mar 2010|issue=40 |page=26|doi=10.3897/zookeys.40.414|url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=2182|ref=L&S2010|doi-access=free|bibcode=2010ZooK...40....1L }}
Species
- 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
References
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- {{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/metalectra/ |title=Metalectra Hübner, 1823 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 18, 2018}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Noctuidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |date=2023 |publisher=Natural History Museum, London|doi=10.5519/s93616qw }}
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