Metalectra tantillus

Metalectra tantillus, the black fungus moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It has been recorded from the US states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Metalectra tantillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Metalectra
Species:	M. tantillus
Binomial name
Metalectra tantillus (Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
Homopyralis tantillus Grote, 1874 Homopyralis monodia Dyar, 1903

The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from January to October, with most records from April to August.^[1]