Metachrostis Explained

Metachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the Eublemminae subfamily of Erebidae or the Acontiinae subfamily of the family Noctuidae.^[2]

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.^[3]

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, [1820] 1816 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Metachrostis Hübner, 1820 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . October 5, 2020.
2. Web site: Eublemminae. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219202555/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=446695. dead. December 19, 2013. Fauna Europaea . 26 November 2014.
3. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1894 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.