Metacrias Meyrick, 1886

NZOR Identifier: 17ff1b1e-ea08-4717-94b7-3c86f61f7c93

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 29ee8ed6-4fda-43b5-aa0b-a6953e0d704c)

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
subphylum
Hexapoda
class
Insecta
subclass
Dicondylia
infraclass
Pterygota
superorder
Neoptera
order
Lepidoptera
family
Erebidae
subfamily
Arctiinae
genus
Metacrias Meyrick, 1886

Providers

Biostatus

Geo Schema
ISO Country
Geo Region
New Zealand
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Endemic
In Use
True

Scientific Name

Authority
Meyrick
Rank
genus
Published in
Meyrick, E. 1886: Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, second series 1: 687-802.
Micro-reference (page)
83 (key), 749
Year
1886
Governing Code
ICZN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
29ee8ed6-4fda-43b5-aa0b-a6953e0d704c
According to
NZAC (2012-) New Zealand Arthropod Collection Names Database - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Arctiinae (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Metacrias Meyrick, 1886 (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
c92d8cfd-4601-4e2b-b954-e664333d28fe
According to
Dugdale, J.S. 1988: Lepidoptera – annotated catalogue and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand 14: 1-262.

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
46b1ab21-d7da-4a98-b46b-0f271961238d
According to
Scott, R.R.; Emberson, R.M. 1999: Handbook of the New Zealand Insect Names: Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Alllied Organisms. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of New Zealand 12: 100pp

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Metacrias erichrysa Meyrick, 1886
According To
NZAC (2012-) New Zealand Arthropod Collection Names Database - Name based concepts

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Metacrias erichrysa Meyrick, 1886
According To
Dugdale, J.S. 1988: Lepidoptera – annotated catalogue and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand 14: 1-262.

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Metacrias huttoni (Butlera, 1879)
According To
NZAC (2012-) New Zealand Arthropod Collection Names Database - Name based concepts

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Metacrias huttoni (Butlera, 1879)
According To
Dugdale, J.S. 1988: Lepidoptera – annotated catalogue and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand 14: 1-262.

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Metacrias strategica (Hudson, 1889)
According To
NZAC (2012-) New Zealand Arthropod Collection Names Database - Name based concepts

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Metacrias strategica (Hudson, 1889)
According To
Dugdale, J.S. 1988: Lepidoptera – annotated catalogue and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand 14: 1-262.

Application - has vernacular

Full Name
mountain tiger moth
Name Id
4d8e2139-6e1c-46d0-a871-deebb21a638e
According To
Scott, R.R.; Emberson, R.M. 1999: Handbook of the New Zealand Insect Names: Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Alllied Organisms. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of New Zealand 12: 100pp

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