Meterana diatmeta

Meterana diatmeta
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Meterana
Species:
M. diatmeta
Binomial name
Meterana diatmeta
(Hudson, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Melanchra diatmeta Hudson, 1898

Meterana diatmeta is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Adults are attracted to light and have been collected via a mercury vapour light trap.

References

  1. 1 2 "Meterana diatmeta (Hudson, 1898)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale, John Stewart (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–264. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ↑ Patrick, Brian; Archibald, Robert Drummond (1988). "Lepidoptera light-trapped at Owaka, South Otago". New Zealand Entomologist. 11 (1): 70–72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1988.9722541. Wikidata Q105740584.