Metacrias

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Spilosomina
Genus: Metacrias
Species (3): M. erichrysa – M. huttonii – M. strategica
Name

Metacrias Meyrick, [1887]

Type species: Metacrias erichrysa Meyrick, [1887]
References

Meyrick, E., 1886 [1887]: Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2) 1 (3): 687–802.

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 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.