Meterana stipata

Meterana stipata
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. stipata
Binomial name
Meterana stipata
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Xylina stipata Walker, 1865
  • Melanchra stipata (Walker, 1865)

Meterana stipata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865 from specimens collected in Auckland. It is endemic to New Zealand.

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Meterana stipata (Walker, 1865)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  2. ↑ Walker, Francis (1865). "XXXIII: Supplement, part 3". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. pt. 33-34: 707–1120 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  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.