Metamya chrysonota | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Metamya |
Species: | M. chrysonota |
Binomial name | |
Metamya chrysonota Hampson, 1898 | |
Synonyms | |
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Metamya chrysonota is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in the Amazon region. [1]
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet was an English entomologist.
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Cisthene is a genus of lichen moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Cosmosoma is a genus of tiger moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Eressa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Eucereon is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Metamya is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was described by Travassos in 1946.
Uranophora is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1831.
Pseudosphex is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. These moths are mimics of a variety of Hymenoptera. The prefix pseudo means "false", and Sphex is a genus of wasps.
Saurita is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.
Sphecosoma is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876.
Phryganodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854.
Syllepte is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Acontia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. Eusceptis, Pseudalypia and Spragueia are sometimes included in the present genus, but here they are tentatively treated as different pending further research. Many species of Tarache were also once placed here.
Ophiusa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Aphomia is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Some breed in the nests of Anthophila, where their caterpillars are parasitic feeders of wax, honey and pollen.
Metamya flavia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Schaus in 1898. It is found in Paraná, Brazil.
Metamya picta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1898. It is found in French Guiana.
Metamya intersecta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Pará, Brazil.