Metacrias

Metacrias
Female Metacrias huttoni
Male Metacrias huttoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Metacrias Meyrick, 1887
Type species
Metacrias erichrysa Meyrick, 1887

Metacrias is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. All species are endemic to New Zealand. ^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

Metacrias was first described by Edward Meyrick in a paper in the journal Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales published in 1887. ^{[3] [4]} It has been postulated that this genus may be cogeneric with Phaos , an Australian genus. ^[5]

Species

• Metacrias erichrysa Meyrick, 1886
• Metacrias huttoni Butler, 1879
• Metacrias strategica (Hudson, 1889)

References

1. "Metacrias Meyrick, 1886". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
2. Gibbs, G. W. (1962). "The New Zealand genus Metacrias Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) systematics and distribution". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology. 2 (19): 153–167 – via Papers Past New Zealand.
3. "METACRIAS - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
4. Meyrick, Edward (1887). "Revision of Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 11: 687–802 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
5. Hoare, R. J. B. (22 June 2017). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 1: Austramathes, Cosmodes, Proteuxoa, Physetica" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 73: 11. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2017– via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.