Metopta

Metopta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae (?)
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Genus: Metopta
C. Swinhoe, 1900
Species:
M. rectifasciata
Binomial name
Metopta rectifasciata
(Ménétries, 1863)
Synonyms

Generic

  • Giacla Walker, 1855

Specific

  • Spirama rectifasciata Ménétries, 1863
  • Spirama japonica Walker, 1865
  • Spirama interlineata Butler, 1871

Metopta is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1900. Its only species, Metopta rectifasciata, was first described by Édouard Ménétries in 1863. It is found in Korea and Japan.