NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2013

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Boletobiini
  Subfamily - Boletobiinae
  Family - Erebidae
  Superfamily - Noctuoidea
  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Metalectra albilinea
      Species - Metalectra bigallis
      Species - Metalectra cinctus
      Species - Metalectra diabolica
      Species - Metalectra discalis
      Species - Metalectra edilis
      Species - Metalectra geminicincta
      Species - Metalectra miserulata
      Species - Metalectra quadrisignata
      Species - Metalectra richardsi
      Species - Metalectra tantillus