Meterana pauca

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Meterana pauca
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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. pauca
Binomial name
Meterana pauca
(Philpott, 1910)
Synonyms [1]
  • Melanchra paucaPhilpott, 1910

Meterana pauca is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. [1] It was described by Philpott in 1910 from two specimens held at the Otago Museum collected in the Wairarapa and a specimen he had collected in Wallacetown. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Meterana pauca (Philpott, 1910)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  2. Philpott, Alfred (1910). "Description of a New Species of Moth". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 42: 544 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.