''Metaphatus'' is a genus 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 ...
s in the family
Palaephatidae
Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with fou ...
. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986.
Species
* ''
Metaphatus spatulatus''
Davis, 1986
* ''
Metaphatus ochraceus''
Davis, 1986
* ''
Metaphatus ichnius''
Davis, 1986
* ''
Metaphatus cirrhus''
Davis, 1986
* ''
Metaphatus sinuatus''
Davis, 1986
* ''
Metaphatus adustus''
Davis, 1986
References
Palaephatidae
Monotrysia genera
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