Metamicroptera

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Syntomini
Genus: Metamicroptera
Species: M. christophi – M. paradoxa – M. rotundata
Name

Metamicroptera Hulstaert, 1923

Type species: Metamicroptera rotundata Hulstaert, 1923
Synonyms

Neobalacra Kiriakoff, 1952 Type species: Balacra paradoxa Hering, 1932
Micrometaptera Kiriakoff, 1960

References

Lukasz Przybylowicz, 2005, A new Afrotropical species of Metamicroptera Hulstaert, 1923 with the first record of M. rotundata Hulst. from Zambia (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 48B (1-2): 139–144. Full article: [1]

Metamicroptera is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Species

Metamicroptera christophi Przybylowicz, 2005
Metamicroptera rotundata Hulstaert, 1923

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog