Meterana pascoei
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| Dorsal view of male Meterana pascoi lectotype specimen held at Auckland War Memorial Museum. | |
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| Ventral view of male Meterana pascoi lectotype | |
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| Species: | M. pascoi
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| Meterana pascoi (Howes, 1912)
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Meterana pascoi is a moth in the family Noctuidae, endemic to New Zealand.[1] It was described by William George Howes in 1912 as Morrisonia pascoei. It is about 38 mm long, with reddish-brown forewings marked with faint lines and a pair of kidney-shaped marks, and a reddish-brown abdomen with a pronounced tuft at the end.[2] Howes named the species in honour of Merlin O. Pasco of Queenstown, who had sent him 20 specimens caught at a treacle-baited moth trap – Howes had previously collected just two specimens, in 1910.[2]
References
- ^ "Meterana pascoi (Howes, 1912)". New Zealand Organism Register. Landcare Research. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ a b Howes, William George (1912). "New Species of Lepidoptera, and Notes on Larvae and Pupae of New Zealand Butterflies". Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 44: 205–206. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
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