Metacrias
| Metacrias | |
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| Female Metacrias huttoni | |
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| Male Metacrias huttoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Meyrick, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Metacrias erichrysa Meyrick, 1887 | |
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Metacrias is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. All species are endemic to New Zealand.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Metacrias was first described by Edward Meyrick in a paper in the journal Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales published in 1887.[3][4] It has been postulated that this genus may be cogeneric with Phaos, an Australian genus.[5]
Species
- Metacrias erichrysa Meyrick, 1886
- Metacrias huttoni Butler, 1879
- Metacrias strategica (Hudson, 1889)
References
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- ^ "Metacrias Meyrick, 1886". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ^ Gibbs, G. W. (1962). "The New Zealand genus Metacrias Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) systematics and distribution". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology. 2 (19): 153–167 – via Papers Past New Zealand.
- ^ "METACRIAS - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1887). "Revision of Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 11: 687–802 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Hoare, R. J. B. (22 June 2017). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 1: Austramathes, Cosmodes, Proteuxoa, Physetica" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 73: 11. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2017 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.