Meterana levis

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Meterana levis
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Female
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Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Meterana
Species:
M. levis
Binomial name
Meterana levis
(Philpott, 1905) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Melanchra levisPhilpott, 1905

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

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Description

M. levis was described as Melanchra levis in 1905 by New Zealand entomologist Alfred Philpott. He described the males and female of the species as both being 35mm, and having a greenish-brown head, thorax, abdomen, and upper wings. The hind wings he described as gray with dark cilia. The fore wings also have faint blackish markings. [3]

Food sources

The larvae consume members of the Plagianthus genus, [4] especially Plagianthus divaricatus. [5]

Life history

M. levis emerges from its cocoon in the early spring. [6]


References

  1. 1 2 "Meterana levis (Philpott, 1905)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 1–264. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
  3. ↑ Philpott, Alfred (1904). "On some New Species of Lepidoptera". In Hamilton, A. (ed.). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Vol. XXXVII. Wellington, New Zealand: Royal Society of New Zealand. p. 329.
  4. ↑ Bowie, Mike; Hutson, Mitch (July 2016), "Yarr's Flat Wildlife Reserve & Yarr's Lagoon: An assessment of fauna present to guide future restoration and conservation of native species", Lincoln University Wildlife Management Report, vol. 58, Lincoln University: Department of ecology; faculty of agricultural and life sciences, p. 26, hdl: 10182/8226 , ISBN   978-0-86476-414-0
  5. ↑ Peat, Neville; Patrick, Brian (2001). Wild rivers: discovering the natural history of the central South Island. Dunedin, N.Z: University of Otago Press. p. 81. ISBN   978-1-877276-15-6. OCLC   49209579.
  6. ↑ Patrick, Brian (2014-12-01), "Winter-emerging moths of New Zealand", The Wētā, no. 48, Entomological Society of New Zealand, p. 8


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