# Metacrias

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***Metacrias*** is a genus of [moths](/source/Moth) in the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae). All species are [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand).[1][2]

## Taxonomy

*Metacrias* was first described by [Edward Meyrick](/source/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](/source/Phaos)*, an Australian genus.[5]

## Species

- *[Metacrias erichrysa](/source/Metacrias_erichrysa)* Meyrick, 1886
- *[Metacrias huttoni](/source/Metacrias_huttoni)* Butler, 1879
- *[Metacrias strategica](/source/Metacrias_strategica)* (Hudson, 1889)

## References

1. ["Metacrias Meyrick, 1886"](http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/42c233cd-3909-4564-b951-cbc24bac4303). *www.nzor.org.nz*. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-12-15.

1. Gibbs, G. W. (1962). ["The New Zealand genus *Metacrias* Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) systematics and distribution"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TRSZOO19621030.2.2). *Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand*. **2** (19): 153–167. Zoology. – via Papers Past New Zealand.

1. ["METACRIAS - Butterflies and Moths of the World"](http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=17764.0&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&sort=GENUS&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&YEARqtype=equals&GENUSqtype=starts+with&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&GENUS=Metacrias&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&beginIndex=0&listPageURL=GenusList3.dsml?AUTHORqtype=starts+with&sort=GENUS&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&YEARqtype=equals&GENUSqtype=starts+with&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&GENUS=Metacrias&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&searchPageURL=index.dsml?AUTHORqtype=starts+with&sort=GENUS&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&YEARqtype=equals&GENUSqtype=starts+with&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&GENUS=Metacrias&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILYqtype=starts+with). *www.nhm.ac.uk*. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2017-12-15.

1. Meyrick, Edward (1887). ["Revision of Australian Lepidoptera"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6588994#page/781/mode/1up). *Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales*. **11**: 687–802. – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

1. Hoare, R. J. B. (22 June 2017). ["Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 1: *Austramathes*, *Cosmodes*, *Proteuxoa*, *Physetica*"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180131101533/https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/143606/FNZ73_Hoare_SQ.pdf). *Fauna of New Zealand*. **73**: 11. [doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.73](https://doi.org/10.7931/J2/FNZ.73). Archived from [the original](https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/143606/FNZ73_Hoare_SQ.pdf) on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2017. – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.

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