Jump to content

Metalectra

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Metalectra
Metalectra discalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Taxonomy

[edit]

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

Species

[edit]

References

[edit]
  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. Bibcode:2010ZooK...40....1L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.