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Metachrostis

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

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyNoctuidae

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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.

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