# Metalectra

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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Metalectra discalis – Common Fungus Moth (14120710918).jpg
| image_caption = ''Metalectra discalis''
| taxon = Metalectra
| authority = [Hübner](/source/Jacob_H%C3%BCbner), 1823
| synonyms = 
* ''Homopyralis'' <small>Grote, 1875</small>
* ''Stimmia'' <small>Guenee, 1852</small>
}}

'''''Metalectra''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [moth](/source/moth)s of the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae) described by [Jacob Hübner](/source/Jacob_H%C3%BCbner) in 1823.

==Taxonomy==
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily [Catocalinae](/source/Catocalinae) within the families [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae) and [Noctuidae](/source/Noctuidae).<ref name="Z+2011">{{cite journal|last1=Zahiri|first1=Reza|title=Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)|journal=Systematic Entomology|date=2011|doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x|display-authors=etal|volume=37|pages=102–124|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lafontaine|first1=Donald|last2=Schmidt|first2=Christian|title=Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico|journal=ZooKeys|date=19 Mar 2010|issue=40 |page=26|doi=10.3897/zookeys.40.414|url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=2182|ref=L&S2010|doi-access=free|bibcode=2010ZooK...40....1L }}</ref>

==Species==
* ''[Metalectra albilinea](/source/Metalectra_albilinea)'' <small>Richards, 1941</small>
* ''[Metalectra bigallis](/source/Metalectra_bigallis)'' <small>J.B. Smith, 1908</small>
* ''[Metalectra cinctus](/source/Metalectra_cinctus)'' <small>J.B. Smith, 1905</small> (sometimes spelled ''Metalectra cincta'')
* ''[Metalectra diabolica](/source/Metalectra_diabolica)'' <small>Barnes & Benjamin, 1924</small> &ndash; diabolical fungus moth
* ''[Metalectra discalis](/source/Metalectra_discalis)'' <small>Grote, 1876</small> &ndash; common fungus moth
* ''[Metalectra edilis](/source/Metalectra_edilis)'' <small>J.B. Smith, 1906</small>
* ''[Metalectra geminicincta](/source/Metalectra_geminicincta)'' <small>Schaus, 1916</small>
* ''[Metalectra miserulata](/source/Metalectra_miserulata)'' <small>Grote, 1882</small>
* ''[Metalectra quadrisignata](/source/Metalectra_quadrisignata)'' <small>Walker, 1858</small> &ndash; four-spotted fungus moth
* ''[Metalectra richardsi](/source/Metalectra_richardsi)'' <small>Brower, 1941</small> &ndash; Richards' fungus moth
* ''[Metalectra tantillus](/source/Metalectra_tantillus)'' <small>Grote, 1875</small> &ndash; black fungus moth

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/metalectra/ |title=''Metalectra'' Hübner, 1823 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 18, 2018}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Noctuidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |date=2023 |publisher=Natural History Museum, London|doi=10.5519/s93616qw }}

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Category:Boletobiinae
Category:Noctuoidea genera
Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner

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