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This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as “At Risk, Relict'” by the Department of Conservation.Table of ContentsTaxonomy[edit]Description[edit]Distribution[edit]Life cycle and behaviour[edit]Host species and habitat[edit]Conservation status[edit]References[edit]Taxonomy[edit]This species was first described and illustrated by Alfred Philpott in 1903 and was given the name Melanchra grandiosa.[1] Philpott used a female specimen he collected at West Plains in Southland in May.[3]George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 book The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand.[4] In 1988 John S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Meterana.[2] The hototype specimen is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[2]Description[edit]Larvae are green in appearance with a broad white lateral stripe.[5] As they mature larvae turn a pinkish colour and can grow to be 3.3\u00a0cm in length.[5]Philpott originally described the adult female of the species as follows:\u2640\ufe0e , 44 mm. Antennae and legs brownish-ochreous. Palpi brown, terminal joint ochreous. Face greyish. Thorax bright orange-brown, between patagia brownish-yellow\u00a0; slight anterior and strong double posterior crest. Abdomen dull-brownish, anal segment tipped with pale-yellow. Fore wings slightly sinuate on costa, apex subacute, termen crenulate, purplish-brown, base suffused with ochreous. An indistinct pale irregular line near base\u00a0; a small elongate yellow spot above middle at about 1\u20445\u00a0; an ochreous patch below middle from base to 1\u20445\u00a0; below this a broad elbowed black line to 1\u20444\u00a0; dorsum broadly suffused with pale-ochreous\u00a0; an irregular V-sbaped pale purplish-brown line from near costa at about 1\u20444;, shortly bent towards base, thence obliquely to near dorsum at 1\u20442, again slanting upwards to reniform\u00a0; space within V-shaped line much darker. Near centre of wing, above middle, a large bell-shaped ochreous blotch, the base towards costa. Eeniform faintly outlined in pale purplish-grey. A sharply defined oblique line from costa near apex to dorsum at 2\u20443 , dentate near apex and broadly projecting below middle\u00a0; beyond this line the colour is ochreous-brownish densely irrorated with dark- brown. A waved subterminal line. Cilia brownish-ochreous on termen, pale-ochreous on dorsum. Hind wings dull brownish\u00a0; cilia brown, greyish towards tornus.[3]Distribution[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand.[6]M. grandiosa has occurred in Wairarapa, Central Otago, Otago Lakes, Dunedin and Southland zones.[7][5] However this species is now locally extinct in its type locality of West Plains and has not been collected in Dunedin since the 1960s.[7]Life cycle and behaviour[edit]Larvae hide underneath the bark of their host plants during the day which makes them difficult to detect.[7] Larvae pupate between November and December and the adult moth emerges during the autumn months of mid April to early June.[7]Host species and habitat[edit]  The plant host species for the larvae of M. grandiosa are small-leaved Olearia species.[7][5] These include O. hectorii and O. odorata.[7]Conservation status[edit]This moth is classified under the New Zealand Threat Classification system as being “At Risk, Relict”.[8] One of the reasons for this classification is that the habitat of this species is under threat from land development.[7] The elimination of the host plants of this species has resulted in their extinction from sites in New Zealand.[5]References[edit]^ a b “Meterana grandiosa (Philpott, 1903)”. www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-05-17.^ a b c Dugdale, J. S. (1988). “Lepidoptera-annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa” (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 207 \u2013 via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.^ a b Philpott, Alfred (1903). “On some new species of Lepidoptera (moths) from Southland”. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 35: 246\u2013249 \u2013 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.^ Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p.\u00a064.^ a b c d e Patrick, Brian (2000). Lepidoptera of small-leaved divaricating Olearia in New Zealand and their conservation priority (PDF). Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Conservation, New Zealand. ISBN\u00a00478220154. OCLC\u00a048661253.^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia\u00a0: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol.\u00a02. p.\u00a0461. ISBN\u00a0978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC\u00a0973607714. OL\u00a025288394M. Wikidata\u00a0Q45922947.^ a b c d e f g Patrick, Brian; Dugdale, John S. (2000). Conservation status of the New Zealand lepidoptera (PDF). Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Conservation, New Zealand. p.\u00a032. ISBN\u00a00478218672. OCLC\u00a0154670803.^ Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Conservation. p.\u00a08. ISBN\u00a09781988514383."},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/meterana-grandiosa-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Meterana grandiosa – Wikipedia"}}]}]