Meterana tartarea is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Meterana tartarea
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Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Meterana
Species:
M. tartarea
Binomial name
Meterana tartarea
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Graphiphora tartarea Butler, 1877
  • Melanchra tartarea (Butler, 1877)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Meterana tartarea (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  2. ^ Butler, Arthur G. (1877). "On two collections of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new genera and species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. May-Dec.: 379–407 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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