Meterana praesignis
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Meterana |
| Species: | M. praesignis |
| Binomial name | |
| Meterana praesignis (Howes, 1911) | |
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Meterana praesignis is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae.[1] It was described by George Howes in 1911 from specimens collected in Orepuki in September and November.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Adults are attracted to light and have been collected via a mercury vapour light trap.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Meterana praesignis (Howes, 1911)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ↑ Howes, William George (1911). "New species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 127–128 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ B. H. Patrick; R. D. Archibald (January 1988). "Lepidoptera light-trapped at Owaka, South Otago". New Zealand Entomologist. 11 (1): 70–72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1988.9722541. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q105740584.
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