Meterana vitiosa
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Meterana |
| Species: | M. vitiosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Meterana vitiosa (Butler, 1877) | |
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Meterana vitiosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877 from specimens collected by Dr Hector and Mr J. D. Enys in the South Island.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The habitat this species prefers consists of forests and shrub-land areas.[3][4] Adults are on the wing throughout the year.[4]
Adults are attracted to light and have been collected via a mercury vapour light trap.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Meterana vitiosa (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Patrick, B. H.; Green, K. J. (1991). "Notes on Agrotis innominata Hudson (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae)". New Zealand Entomologist. 14 (1): 32–36. doi:10.1080/00779962.1991.9722610.
- 1 2 Hoare, Robert (2014). Moths & Butterflies of New Zealand. New Zealand: New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-86966-399-5.
- ↑ 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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