Meterana meyricci

Meterana meyricci
	Female specimen
	Male specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Meterana
Species:	M. meyricci
Binomial name
	Meterana meyricci; (Hampson, 1911)[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Miselia meyricci Hampson, 1911 ;

Meterana meyricci illustrated by Des Helmore

Meterana meyricci is a species of moth in the Noctuidae family.^[3] It was described and named by George Hampson in 1911 as Miselia meyricci.^[4] It is endemic to New Zealand^[2] and has been collected in and around Otago.^[5] The larvae of this species feed on Pimelea species,^[5] including Pimelea poppelwellii.^[6] Adults tend to found on the wing during the months of January to March.^[5]

References

↑ "Taxon: Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
1 2 "Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 461. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
↑ Hampson, G. F. (October 1911). "Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Sintomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae and Noctuidae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8th ser. v. 8 (46): 421. ISSN 0374-5481. Retrieved 12 January 2017 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
1 2 3 Patrick, Brian H.; Lyford, Brian M.; Ward, John B.; Barratt, Barbara I. P. (1992-12-01). "Lepidoptera and other insects of the Rastus Burn Basin, The Remarkables, Otago". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 22 (4): 265–278. doi:10.1080/03036758.1992.10420820. ISSN 0303-6758.
↑ Peat, Neville; Patrick, Brian (1999). Wild Central: Discovering the Natural History of Central Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press. p. 83. ISBN 9781877133657.

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[TePapa-1] "Taxon: Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[NZOR-2] 1 2 "Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[NZIB-3] Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 461. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.

[AMNH-4] Hampson, G. F. (October 1911). "Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Sintomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae and Noctuidae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8th ser. v. 8 (46): 421. ISSN 0374-5481. Retrieved 12 January 2017 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[:0-5] 1 2 3 Patrick, Brian H.; Lyford, Brian M.; Ward, John B.; Barratt, Barbara I. P. (1992-12-01). "Lepidoptera and other insects of the Rastus Burn Basin, The Remarkables, Otago". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 22 (4): 265–278. doi:10.1080/03036758.1992.10420820. ISSN 0303-6758.

[6] Peat, Neville; Patrick, Brian (1999). Wild Central: Discovering the Natural History of Central Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press. p. 83. ISBN 9781877133657.