Biology:Metaemene

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Short description: Genus of moths

Metaemene
Metaemene hampsoni.jpg
Metaemene hampsoni
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Metaemene
Hampson, 1910

Metaemene is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1910.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.[4]

Species

  • Metaemene atrigutta (Walker, 1862)
  • Metaemene atropunctata (Pagenstecher, 1896)
  • Metaemene baliochraspedus Rothschild, 1920
  • Metaemene hampsoni Wileman, 1914
  • Metaemene karenkonis (Matsumura, 1930)

References

  1. Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019). "Metaemene Hampson, 1910". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/boletobiinae/metaemene/. Retrieved November 18, 2019. 
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Metaemene". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=272155. 
  3. Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Metaemene Hampson, 1910". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=17775.0. Retrieved October 8, 2020. 
  4. Zahiri, Reza (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6822497 entry