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Diacrisia metelkana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Diacrisia
Species:	D. metelkana
Binomial name
Diacrisia metelkana (Lederer, 1861)
Synonyms
Rhyparioides metelkana (Lederer, 1861) Chelonia flavida Lederer, 1861 Diacrisia simanensis Miyake, 1909 Diacrisia (Rhyparioides) okinawana Matsumura, 1927 Diacrisia (Rhyparioides) sounkeana Matsumura, 1927 Rhyparioides metelkana occidentalis Daniel, 1939 Rhyparioides metelkana kiangsui Daniel, 1943

Diacrisia metelkana is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1861. It is found in southern and central Europe, Russia, eastern Asia and Japan.

The wingspan is 38–44 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in June and July.

The larvae feed on Taraxacum officinale, Euphorbia palustris and Caltha palustris.

The species of the genus Rhyparioides, including this one, were moved to Diacrisia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.

References

1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Rhyparioides metelkana (Lederer, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
2. Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.

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• Moths of Europe
• Moths of Asia
• Taxa named by Julius Lederer (entomologist)
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