Meterana octans
Appearance
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Meterana |
Species: | M. octans
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Binomial name | |
Meterana octans (Hudson, 1898)
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Meterana octans is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae.[2] It was described by George Hudson in 1898 from specimens discovered by Alfred Philpott at Mount Linton, near Invercargill.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
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- ^ a b "Meterana octans (Hudson, 1898)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 461. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ Hudson, George Vernon (1898). New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera). London: West, Newman & co. p. 25. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.7912. Retrieved 10 July 2017.