Meterana levis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Meterana |
| Species: | M. levis
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Meterana levis is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae.[2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]The larvae consume members of the Plagianthus genus,[4] especially Plagianthus divaricatus.[5]
Life history
[edit | edit source]M. levis emerges from its cocoon in the early spring.[6]
References
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