Species of moth endemic to New Zealand
Meterana levis moth in the family Noctuidae .[ 2] endemic to New Zealand .[ 1]
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.[ 3]
Food sources
The larvae consume members of the Plagianthus [ 4] Plagianthus divaricatus .[ 5]
Life history
M. levis emerges from its cocoon in the early spring.[ 6]
References
^ a b "Meterana levis (Philpott, 1905)" . www.nzor.org.nz . Retrieved 2022-02-21 .^ a b Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" . Fauna of New Zealand . 14 . Department of Scientific and Industrial Research : 1–264. doi :10.7931/J2/FNZ.14 . ISSN 0111-5383 . Wikidata Q45083134 .^ Philpott, Alfred (1904). "On some New Species of Lepidoptera". In Hamilton, A. (ed.). Transactions of the Royal Society of 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 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
