Meterana levis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Meterana |
| Species: | M. levis
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Meterana levis is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae.[2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]The larvae consume members of the Plagianthus genus,[4] especially Plagianthus divaricatus.[5]
Life history
[edit]M. levis emerges from its cocoon in the early spring.[6]
References
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- ^ a b "Meterana levis (Philpott, 1905)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ a b John Stewart Dugdale (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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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