Biology:Metachrostis

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Metachrostis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Metachrostis
Hübner, [1820]
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Leptosia Guenée, 1841
  • Zalaca Walker, [1866]
  • Neoleptosia Koçak, 1980

Metachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.[3][4]

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the Eublemminae subfamily of Erebidae or the Acontiinae subfamily of the family Noctuidae.[5]

Description

Palpi long and upturned, reaching above vertex of head. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Forewings with stalked veins 8,9 and 10. Vein 7 sometimes almost or quite touching vein 8, and forming an areole.[6]

Species

References

  • Amsel (1935). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Kolonial und Übersee Museum in Bremen 1(2): 237.
  • Boisduval (1840). Genera et Index Methodicus Europaeorum Lepidopterorum: 96.
  • Brandt (1938). Entomologische Rundschau 55: 558.
  • Draudt (1950). Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 40: 130.
  • Hampson (1891). Illustration typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 8: 12, 73, Pl. 145: 16.
  • Hübner (1813). Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge 4(1): 515, Pl. 108.
  • Kononenko, V.S. & Matov, A.Y. (2009). "A review of Palaearctic Metachrostis Hübner, [1820] 1816 with description of three new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Eublemminae)." Zootaxa 2026: 1–17.
  • Moore (1881). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 371.
  • Osthelder (1933). Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 23(2): 85.
  • Staudinger (1892). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Gesellschaft Iris zu Dresden 5: 288.
  • Warren (1912). Novitates Zoologicae 19: 36.

Wikidata ☰ Q1366639 entry