Meterana tartarea

Meterana tartarea
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	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Meterana
Species:	M. tartarea
Binomial name
	Meterana tartarea; (Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
	Graphiphora tartareaButler, 1877 ; Melanchra tartarea(Butler, 1877) ;

Last updated November 07, 2025

Meterana tartarea is a moth of the family Noctuidae.^[1] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.^[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Meterana tartarea (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
↑ Butler, Arthur G. (1877). "On two collections of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new genera and species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. May-Dec.: 379–407 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 "Meterana tartarea (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-07.

[2] Butler, Arthur G. (1877). "On two collections of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new genera and species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. May-Dec.: 379–407 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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