Meterana meyricci

Meterana meyricci
	Female specimen
	Male specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Meterana
Species:	M. meyricci
Binomial name
	Meterana meyricci; (Hampson, 1911)[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Miselia meyricci Hampson, 1911 ; Melanchra meyricci (Hampson, 1911) ;

Meterana meyricci (also known as the rose underwing owlet)[3] is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae.[4] It was described and named by George Hampson in 1911 as Miselia meyricci.[5] It is endemic to New Zealand[2] and has been collected in and around Otago.[6] The larvae of this species feed on Pimelea species,[6] including Pimelea poppelwellii.[7] Adults tend to found on the wing during the months of January to March.[6]

Meterana meyricci illustrated by Des Helmore

References

"Taxon: Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
"Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
Maanaki Whenua Landcare Research (October 2016). "Shedding light on the night – a citizen science programme to study moths" (PDF). Open Space. 91: 14–15 – via qeiinationaltrust.org.nz.
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.
Hampson, G. F. (October 1911). "Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Sintomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae and Noctuidae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8th ser. v. 8 (46): 421. ISSN 0374-5481. Retrieved 12 January 2017 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Patrick, Brian H.; Lyford, Brian M.; Ward, John B.; Barratt, Barbara I. P. (1992-12-01). "Lepidoptera and other insects of the Rastus Burn Basin, The Remarkables, Otago". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 22 (4): 265–278. doi:10.1080/03036758.1992.10420820. ISSN 0303-6758.
Peat, Neville; Patrick, Brian (1999). Wild Central: Discovering the Natural History of Central Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press. p. 83. ISBN 9781877133657.

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[TePapa-1] "Taxon: Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[NZOR-2] "Meterana meyricci (Hampson, 1911)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[Landcare2016-3] Maanaki Whenua Landcare Research (October 2016). "Shedding light on the night – a citizen science programme to study moths" (PDF). Open Space. 91: 14–15 – via qeiinationaltrust.org.nz.

[NZIB-4] 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.

[AMNH-5] Hampson, G. F. (October 1911). "Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Sintomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae and Noctuidae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8th ser. v. 8 (46): 421. ISSN 0374-5481. Retrieved 12 January 2017 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[:0-6] Patrick, Brian H.; Lyford, Brian M.; Ward, John B.; Barratt, Barbara I. P. (1992-12-01). "Lepidoptera and other insects of the Rastus Burn Basin, The Remarkables, Otago". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 22 (4): 265–278. doi:10.1080/03036758.1992.10420820. ISSN 0303-6758.

[7] Peat, Neville; Patrick, Brian (1999). Wild Central: Discovering the Natural History of Central Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press. p. 83. ISBN 9781877133657.