Metachrostis

Metachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.

Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the Eublemminae subfamily of Erebidae or the Acontiinae subfamily of the family Noctuidae.

Description
Palpi long and upturned, reaching above vertex of head. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Forewings with stalked veins 8,9 and 10. Vein 7 sometimes almost or quite touching vein 8, and forming an areole.

Species
• Metachrostis amanica Osthelder, 1933

• Metachrostis antemediana Hacker, 2011

• Metachrostis anticalis (Walker, [1866])

• Metachrostis anticalis Walker, 1866

• Metachrostis atristipata (Hampson, 1926)

• Metachrostis batanga Draudt, 1950

• Metachrostis bipartita Kononenko & Matov, 2009

• Metachrostis brunea Hampson, 1891

• Metachrostis chalcoscripta Hacker, 2011

• Metachrostis comvelox Hacker, 2011

• Metachrostis contingens Moore, 1888

• Metachrostis costiplaga Warren, 1903

• Metachrostis dardouini Boisduval, 1840

• Metachrostis debivar (Berio, 1947)

• Metachrostis decora Walker, 1869

• Metachrostis djakonovi Kononenko & Matov, 2009

• Metachrostis egens Moore, [1884]

• Metachrostis eupethecica (Hampson, 1910)

• Metachrostis fasciata Hampson, 1891

• Metachrostis forsteri Hacker, 2011

• Metachrostis glaucopuncta Hacker, 2011

• Metachrostis grandivelox Hacker, 2011

• Metachrostis griseimargo Warren, 1912

• Metachrostis hoenei Kononenko & Matov, 2009

• Metachrostis lavinia (Hampson, 1902)

• Metachrostis melabela Hampson, 1910

• Metachrostis miasma Hampson, 1891

• Metachrostis misturata (Hampson, 1910)

• Metachrostis nannata Hampson, 1910

• Metachrostis ochrographa Hacker, 2011

• Metachrostis olmii (Berio, 1937)

• Metachrostis pallidiscripta Hacker, 2011

• Metachrostis parvisi (Berio, 1940)

• Metachrostis paurograpta Butler, 1886

• Metachrostis pectinata Hampson, 1907

• Metachrostis phaeapera (Hampson, 1910)

• Metachrostis phaeographa Hacker, 2011

• Metachrostis politzari Hacker, 2011

• Metachrostis quinaria Moore, 1881

• Metachrostis quinarioides (Berio, 1947)

• Metachrostis remanei Hacker, 2011

• Metachrostis rubripuncta Hampson, 1902

• Metachrostis sciaphora (Hampson, 1910)

• Metachrostis sefidi Brandt, 1938

• Metachrostis sinevi Kononenko & Matov, 2009

• Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875)

• Metachrostis stygiodonta (Hampson, 1910)

• Metachrostis subdardouini Hacker, 2011

• Metachrostis subvelox Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010

• Metachrostis thermochroa (Hampson, 1910)

• Metachrostis thermosticta (Hampson, 1910)

• Metachrostis tritonia Hampson, 1902

• Metachrostis velocior Staudinger, 1892

• Metachrostis velox Hübner, 1813