Meterana meyricci
Female specimen
Male specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Meterana
Species:
M. meyricci
Binomial name
Meterana meyricci
(Hampson, 1911)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Miselia meyricci Hampson, 1911
  • Melanchra meyricci (Hampson, 1911)
Meterana meyricci illustrated by Des Helmore

Meterana meyricci, also known as the rose underwing owlet,[3] is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae.[4] It was described and named by George Hampson in 1911 as Miselia meyricci.[5] It is endemic to New Zealand[2] and has been collected in and around Otago.[6] The larvae of this species feed on Pimelea species,[6] including Pimelea poppelwellii.[7] Adults tend to found on the wing during the months of January to March.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ "Taxon: Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Maanaki Whenua Landcare Research (October 2016). "Shedding light on the night – a citizen science programme to study moths" (PDF). Open Space. 91: 14–15 – via qeiinationaltrust.org.nz.
  4. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 461. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ 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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