A Black Fungus Moth in Wicomico Co., Maryland (7/22/2013).
A Black Fungus Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/20/2015). Determined by James T. Vargo/BugGuide.
Black Fungus Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/15/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
A Black Fungus Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/5/2016). Determined by Hugh McGuinness.
Black Fungus Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/2/2025). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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A Black Fungus Moth in Wicomico Co., Maryland (7/22/2013).
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A Black Fungus Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/20/2015). Determined by James T. Vargo/BugGuide.
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Black Fungus Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/15/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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A Black Fungus Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/5/2016). Determined by Hugh McGuinness.
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Robert Aguilar, SERC.
Black Fungus Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/2/2025). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Metalectra |
| Species: | M. tantillus
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| Binomial name | |
| Metalectra tantillus (Grote, 1874)
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Metalectra tantillus, the black fungus moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It has been recorded from the US states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from January to October, with most records from April to August.[1]
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- ^ "930682.00 – 8502 – Metalectra tantillus – Black Fungus Moth – (Grote, 1875)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 18, 2019.