Biology:Meterana pauca

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Short description: Species of moth

Meterana pauca
Meterana pauca female.jpg
Female
Meterana pauca male.jpg
Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Meterana
Species:
M. pauca
Binomial name
Meterana pauca
(Philpott, 1910)
Synonyms[1]
  • Melanchra pauca Philpott, 1910

Meterana pauca is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It was described by Philpott in 1910 from two specimens held at the Otago Museum collected in the Wairarapa and a specimen he had collected in Wallacetown.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Meterana pauca (Philpott, 1910)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/11c3d1c9-83e8-4ec6-babe-60a5fffb5552. 
  2. Philpott, Alfred (1910). "Description of a New Species of Moth" (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 42: 544. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332891. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13503816 entry