Meterana tartarea

Meterana tartarea
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Meterana
Species:
M. tartarea
Binomial name
Meterana tartarea
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Graphiphora tartarea Butler, 1877
  • Melanchra tartarea (Butler, 1877)

Meterana tartarea is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

They are attracted to light and have been collected via a mercury vapour light trap.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Meterana tartarea (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  2. ↑ Butler, Arthur G. (1877). "On two collections of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new genera and species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. May-Dec.: 379–407 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ 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.