Metalectra is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae within the families Erebidae and Noctuidae.
Species
- Metalectra albilinea <small>Richards, 1941</small>
- Metalectra bigallis <small>J.B. Smith, 1908</small>
- Metalectra cinctus <small>J.B. Smith, 1905</small> (sometimes spelled Metalectra cincta)
- Metalectra diabolica <small>Barnes & Benjamin, 1924</small> – diabolical fungus moth
- Metalectra discalis <small>Grote, 1876</small> – common fungus moth
- Metalectra edilis <small>J.B. Smith, 1906</small>
- Metalectra geminicincta <small>Schaus, 1916</small>
- Metalectra miserulata <small>Grote, 1882</small>
- Metalectra quadrisignata <small>Walker, 1858</small> – four-spotted fungus moth
- Metalectra richardsi <small>Brower, 1941</small> – Richards' fungus moth
- Metalectra tantillus <small>Grote, 1875</small> – black fungus moth
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