Meterana levis

Meterana levis
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Meterana
Species:	M. levis
Binomial name
	Meterana levis; (Philpott, 1905)
Synonyms
	Melanchra levis Philpott, 1905 ;

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

Description

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.

Hosts

The larvae consume members of the Plagianthus genus, especially Plagianthus divaricatus.

Life history

M. levis emerges from its cocoon in the early spring.

Behaviour

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

References

1 2 "Meterana levis (Philpott, 1905)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
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.
↑ 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
↑ 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.

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[NZOR-1] 1 2 "Meterana levis (Philpott, 1905)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-21.

[Dugdale1988-2] 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] 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.

[4] 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

[5] 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.

[6] Patrick, Brian (2014-12-01), "Winter-emerging moths of New Zealand", The Wētā, no. 48, Entomological Society of New Zealand, p. 8

[7] 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.