Biology:Graphania mutans

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Graphania mutans
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Graphania
Species:
G. mutans
Binomial name
Graphania mutans
(Walker, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hadena mutans Walker, 1857
  • Walker, 1857 Walker, 1857
  • Butler, 1877 Maoria mutans pallescens
  • Xylina vexata Warren, 1912
  • Xylina spurcata Walker, 1865
  • Mamestra passa Maoria mutans
  • Walker, 1857 Morrison, 1874
  • Mamestra acceptrix Hadena lignifusca
  • Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Hadena debilis

Graphania mutans, commonly known as the New Zealand cutworm or the grey-brown cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1857.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

The larvae feed on pasture as well as the leaves and fruit of apple trees. This species is therefore considered a pest in apple orchards.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Graphania mutans (Walker, 1857)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/eaa56975-0d6b-416d-94b8-aa1eee7862e8. 
  2. ↑ Walker, Francis (1854). "XI: Noctuidae." (in en). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. pt. 11: 602. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39340067. 
  3. ↑ Frérot, B.; Dugdale, J. S.; Foster, S. P. (1993). "Chemotaxonomy of some species of moths in the New Zealand genus Graphania based on sex pheromones". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20 (2): 71–80. doi:10.1080/03014223.1993.10422864. 

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