Metalectra quadrisignata Walker is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Metalectra quadrisignata Walker

Metalectra quadrisignata Walker

The four-spotted fungus moth (Metalectra quadrisignata) is an Erebidae moth found in North America with a ~25 mm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Metalectra
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Metalectra quadrisignata Walker

Metalectra quadrisignata, commonly known as the four-spotted fungus moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Erebidae. This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is native to North America, with confirmed records from the following locations: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The wingspan of Metalectra quadrisignata measures approximately 25 millimeters. The MONA, also called Hodges, number assigned to this species is 8500.

Photo: (c) Bob Patterson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Metalectra

More from Erebidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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