Biology:Metexilisia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Metexilisia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Genus: Metexilisia
Toulgoët, 1958
Species:
M. citrago
Binomial name
Metexilisia citrago
Toulgoët, 1958

Metexilisia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its single species, Metexilisia citrago, is found in Madagascar . Both the genus and species were first described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1958.[1][2][3]

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