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Southern Tiger Moth
Metacrias strategica
Metacrias strategica is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was first described by George Hudson in 1889. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the southern part of the South Island. It is found from coastal and forest-edge sites to the montane zone.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 392517.