Meterana pauca
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| Meterana pauca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Meterana |
| Species: | M. pauca |
| Binomial name | |
| Meterana pauca (Philpott, 1910) | |
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Meterana pauca is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It was described by Philpott in 1910 from two specimens held at the Otago Museum collected in the Wairarapa and a specimen he had collected in Wallacetown.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Meterana pauca (Philpott, 1910)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
- ^ Philpott, Alfred (1910). "Description of a New Species of Moth". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 42: 544 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
External links[edit]
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Wikispecies has information related to Meterana pauca.
- Philpott in species id
- Specimens held at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Specimens held at Auckland War Memorial Museum
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