Metallata absumens

Metallata absumens, the variable metallata moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Metallata absumens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Metallata
Species:	M. absumens
Binomial name
Metallata absumens (Walker, 1862)

The MONA or Hodges number for Metallata absumens is 8573.[4]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Metallata absumens:

• Metallata absumens absumens
• Metallata absumens contiguata Hayes, 1975

References

1. "Metallata absumens report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Metallata absumens". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Metallata absumens species information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Metallata absumens". Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
• Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III". ZooKeys (527): 227–236. doi:10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. PMC 4668890. PMID 26692790.
• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.