Meterana pascoi

Meterana pascoi is a moth in the family Noctuidae, endemic to New Zealand. It was described by William George Howes in 1912 as Morrisonia pascoei. It is about 38 mm long, with reddish-brown forewings marked with faint lines and a pair of kidney-shaped marks, and a reddish-brown abdomen with a pronounced tuft at the end. Howes named the species in honour of Merlin O. Pasco of Queenstown, who had sent him 20 specimens caught at a treacle-baited moth trap – Howes had previously collected just two specimens, in 1910.