''Metalectra'' 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'') ...

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 1823.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily

Catocalinae The Catocalinae are a subfamily of noctuoid moths, placed in family Noctuidae. In the alternative arrangement, where the Noctuidae are reduced to the core group around the Noctuinae, the present lineage is abolished, the upranked Catocalini bei ...

within the families

and

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 ...

Species

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Metalectra albilinea ''Metalectra albilinea'', the white-lined fungus moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Metalectra albilinea'' is 8504 85 may refer to: * 85 (number) * one of the years ...

'' Richards, 1941 * ''

Metalectra bigallis ''Metalectra bigallis'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Metalectra bigallis'' is List of moths of North America (MONA 8322–11233), 8501. References Further reading

'' J.B. Smith, 1908 * ''

Metalectra cinctus ''Metalectra cinctus'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Ronald W. Hodges, is part of a numbering syst ...

'' J.B. Smith, 1905 (sometimes spelled ''Metalectra cincta'') * ''

Metalectra diabolica ''Metalectra diabolica'', the diabolical fungus moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1924. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nort ...

'' Barnes & Benjamin, 1924 – diabolical fungus moth * ''

Metalectra discalis ''Metalectra discalis'', the common fungus moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1876. It is found in North America from Wisconsin to Quebec and Maine, south to Florida, west to T ...

'' Grote, 1876 – common fungus moth * ''

Metalectra edilis ''Metalectra edilis'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Ronald W. Hodges, is part of a numbering syste ...

'' J.B. Smith, 1906 * ''

Metalectra geminicincta ''Metalectra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae within the families Erebidae and Noctuidae. Species * ''Metalectra albi ...

'' Schaus, 1916 * ''

Metalectra miserulata ''Metalectra miserulata'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Ronald W. Hodges, is part of a numbering s ...

'' Grote, 1882 * ''

Metalectra quadrisignata ''Metalectra quadrisignata'', the four-spotted fungus moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, ...

'' Walker, 1858 – four-spotted fungus moth * ''

Metalectra richardsi ''Metalectra richardsi'', or Richards' fungus moth, is a species of moth in 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 ...

'' Brower, 1941 – Richards' fungus moth * ''

Metalectra tantillus ''Metalectra tantillus'', the black fungus moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It has been recorded from the US states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentuc ...

'' Grote, 1875 – black fungus moth

References

* * Boletobiinae Noctuoidea genera {{Boletobiinae-stub