Biology:Metachrostis
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Boletobiinae |
| Genus: | Metachrostis Hübner, [1820] |
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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
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Metachrostis Hübner, 1820". http://www.afromoths.net/genus/show/810590. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (June 16, 2020). "Metachrostis Hübner, [1820"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/boletobiinae/metachrostis/. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Metachrostis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=272112.
- ↑ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Metachrostis Hübner, 1820". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=17754.0. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
- ↑ "Eublemminae". http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=446695. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
- 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
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