Global InformationMetalectra quadrisignata information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Metalectra |
| Species: | M. quadrisignata
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| Metalectra quadrisignata (Walker, 1858)
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Metalectra quadrisignata, the four-spotted fungus moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae.[1][2] It is found in North America,[2] where it has been recorded from Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The species was described by Francis Walker in 1858.
The wingspan is about 25 mm.
The MONA or Hodges number for Metalectra quadrisignata is 8500.[3][4]
- ^ "Metalectra quadrisignata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- ^ a b "Metalectra quadrisignata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- ^ Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B. & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
- ^ "Metalectra quadrisignata, Four-spotted Fungus Moth - Hodges 8500". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-31.