Anerastia metallactis

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Anerastia metallactis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Anerastia
Species:A. metallactis
Binomial name
Anerastia metallactis
Meyrick, 1887 [1]

Anerastia metallactis is a species of snout moth in the genus Anerastia . It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. [1] It is found in Australia. [2]

Pyralidae Family of moths

The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera. The latest review by Eugene G. Munroe & Solis, in Kristensen (1999) retains the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea.

Anerastia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Hübner, in 1825, and is known from Egypt, Sudan.

Edward Meyrick FRS was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on Microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern Microlepidoptera systematics.

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References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Anerastia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms