''Metachrostis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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 underwin ...
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 tha ...
subfamily of
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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 underwin ...
or the
Acontiinae
Acontiinae is a subfamily of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae. There are more than 50 genera and 430 described species in Acontiinae, found worldwide in temperate and tropical climates.
Genera
These 52 genera belong to the subfamily ...
subfamily of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...
.
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,
8201816 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
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