Meterana alcyone

Hudson described this species as follows:

The expansion of the wings of the ♂ is 1+5⁄8 inches, of the ♀ 1+1⁄2 inches. The fore-wings of the male are warm brown, darker towards the base; there is a wavy, white-edged, black, transverse line at about one-fifth, followed by a round black spot; the casta is yellowish, with four pairs of short oblique black marks; the orbicular is large, oval, oblique, pale yellowish-brown slightly darker in the middle; the claviform is small, obscure, and brownish-black; the reniform is black, outlined with dull white; there is a series of very acute, dull white, tooth-like terminal markings, and the termen itself is slightly scalloped; the cilia are dark brown. The hind-wings are grey with a series of small dark marks on the termen; the cilia are reddish-ochreous. The head and anterior portion of the thorax are reddish-ochreous; the rest of the thorax is rich brown, and there is a conspicuous black transverse line between the pale and dark colouring; the abdomen is reddish-ochreous with the crests reddish-brown. The female is much darker and duller than the male, the markings are much less distinct, there are several additional jagged transverse lines, and the white markings of the male are indistinctly indicated in drab.

This species is endemic to New Zealand and can be found in the North and South Islands.

The adults of this species are on the wing every month of the year except January, but are especially common in winter and early spring. They are attracted to light. Adults have also been caught as bycatch in the New Zealand National Fruit Fly Surveillance fly traps.