''Metachrostis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

first described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1820.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the

Eublemminae The Boletobiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae, containing about 956 species. The taxon was described by Achille Guenée in 1858. Taxonomy Phylogenetic analysis has determined that several subfamilies of the family Erebidae t ...

subfamily of

or the Acontiinae subfamily of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

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.

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,

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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. Boletobiinae Noctuoidea genera {{boletobiinae-stub