Metachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.

[3][4] The genus has previously been classified in the Eublemminae subfamily of Erebidae or the Acontiinae subfamily of the family Noctuidae.

[5] Palpi long and upturned, reaching above vertex of head.

Thorax and abdomen tuftless.

This article on a moth of the subfamily Boletobiinae is a stub.