Metalectra diabolica

Metalectra diabolica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Metalectra
Species: M. diabolica
Binomial name
Metalectra diabolica
Barnes & Benjamin, 1924

Metalectra diabolica, the Diabolical Fungus Moth, is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from North Carolina to Florida and Arkansas to Texas.[1]

The wingspan is 18–23 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to October, with most records from May.

The larvae feed on fungi.[2]

References

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