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Genus of moths

Metacrias
Female Metacrias huttoni
Male Metacrias huttoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Metacrias
Meyrick, 1887
Type species
Metacrias erichrysa
Meyrick, 1887

Metacrias is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. All species are endemic to New Zealand.

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. It has been postulated that this genus may be cogeneric with Phaos, an Australian genus.

Species

References

  1. "Metacrias Meyrick, 1886". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  2. 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.
  3. "METACRIAS - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  4. Meyrick, Edward (1887). "Revision of Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 11: 687–802 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. 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 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
Taxon identifiers
Metacrias


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