Metacausta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Metacausta ustata, is found in what was then described as Khasis. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1910 and the species twelve years earlier in 1898.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Acontiinae |
| Genus: | Metacausta Hampson, 1910 |
| Species: | M. ustata
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| Binomial name | |
| Metacausta ustata (Hampson, 1898)
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References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Metacausta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (August 27, 2019). "Metacausta Hampson, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Metacausta Hampson, 1910". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
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