Metaprionota

Metaprionota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Calpinae
Genus:
Metaprionota

Hampson, 1926
Species:
M. sculpta
Binomial name
Metaprionota sculpta
Felder, 1874

Metaprionota is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Metaprionota sculpta, was first described by Felder in 1874. It is found in French Guiana.[1]

Butterflies and Moths of the World gives this name as a synonym of Lepidodes Guenée, 1852.[2]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Metaprionota​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  2. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Metaprionota Hampson, 1926". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved May 27, 2020.