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Metexilisia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Tribe:	Lithosiini
Genus:	Metexilisia Toulgoët, 1958
Species:	M. citrago
Binomial name
Metexilisia citrago Toulgoët, 1958

Metexilisia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its single species, Metexilisia citrago, is found in Madagascar. Both the genus and species were first described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1958.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Metexilisia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
2. "Oldstyle id: 3e29d9bf22a2835b9cf056894b891b4f". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
3. Savela, Markku (June 21, 2015). "Metexilisia Toulgoët, 1958". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 29, 2019.

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