Metalectra Hübner. The genus Metalectra was included in the Eublemminae, tribe Eublemmini by Fibiger and Lafontaine (2005) on the basis of the membranous cucullus, a character shared with the Scolecocampini and Boletobiini. The larva is a wart-covered fungus feeder so we associate the genus with the Scolecocampini-Boletobiini group and then with the tribe Boletobiini because the DNA barcode consistently associates Metalectra with Mycterophora Hulst.

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