Meterana meyricci

Meterana meyricci
	Female specimen
	Male specimen
Scientific 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)
Synonyms
	Miselia meyricci Hampson, 1911 ; Melanchra meyricci (Hampson, 1911) ;

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

^ "Taxon: Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ 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.

This Hadeninae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[TePapa-1] "Taxon: Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[NZOR-2] "Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[Landcare2016-3] 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.

[NZIB-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.

[AMNH-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.

[:0-6] 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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]