''Metalectra richardsi'', or Richards' fungus moth, is a species of
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 ...
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 a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
.
The species was described by Auburn Edmond Brower in 1941.
It is found in North America.
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The MONA or Hodges number for ''Metalectra richardsi'' is 8505.][Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). ]
Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
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References
Further reading
* Lafontaine, J. Donald, & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ''ZooKeys''. vol. 40, 1-239.
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External links
Butterflies and Moths of North AmericaNCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Metalectra richardsi''
Moths described in 1941
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