''Metria'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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
Erebidae. The genus was erected by
Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Species
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Metria amella
''Metria amella'', the live oak metria moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae.
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 system for ...
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(Guenée, 1852) – live oak metria moth
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Metria bilineata
''Metria bilineata'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae.
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 system for North American moths f ...
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(J. B. Smith, 1899)
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Metria celia''
(Cramer, 1782)
References
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Omopterini
Moth genera
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