Metacrocea is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains the single species Metacrocea postflava, which is found in Costa Rica[1] and Brazil.[2]

Metacrocea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Metacrocea
Dyar, 1905
Species:
M. postflava
Binomial name
Metacrocea postflava
Schaus, 1905

References

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  1. ^ BOLD Systems
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Metacrocea postflava​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.