Metalectra

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

Metalectra
Metalectra discalis
Scientific classification
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

Taxonomy

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

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