Black Fungus Moth

Metalectra tantillus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae

Metalectra tantillus, the black fungus moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It has been recorded from the US states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 33

Sources and credits

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