Meterana inchoata

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Meterana inchoata
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Female
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Male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Meterana
Species:
M. inchoata
Binomial name
Meterana inchoata
(Philpott, 1920) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Melanchra inchoataPhilpott, 1920

Meterana inchoata is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. [2] This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Meterana inchoata (Philpott, 1920)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  2. 1 2 John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 1–264. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.