Metachrostis
| Metachrostis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Boletobiinae |
| Genus: |
Metachrostis Hübner, [1820] |
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Metachrostis is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.
The genus has previously been classified in the Eublemminae subfamily of Erebidae or the Acontiinae subfamily of the Noctuidae family.
Palpi long and upturned, reaching above vertex of head. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Fore wings with stalked veins 8,9 and 10. Vein 7 sometimes almost or quite touching vein 8, and forming an areole.
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