Biology:Ichneutica

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Short description: Genus of moths, endemic to New Zealand

Ichneutica
Ichneutica ceraunias female.jpg
Ichneutica ceraunias, female
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Noctuinae
Genus: Ichneutica
Meyrick, 1887
Synonyms[1]
  • Alysia Graphania
  • Hampson, 1905 Hampson, 1905
  • Guenée, 1868 (nec Latreille, 1804) Maoria
  • Dipaustica Warren, 1912 (nec Laporte, 1868)
  • Tmetolophota Meyrick, 1912
  • Cockerell, 1913 Alysina
Ichneutica purdii

Ichneutica is a genus of cutworm or dart moths in the family Noctuidae.[2] The genus is found in New Zealand and surrounding islands. There are more than 80 described species in Ichneutica, the largest known genus of Lepidoptera in New Zealand.[1] In 2019 this genus was revised and greatly expanded with the genera Graphania Hampson, 1905, Tmetolophota Hampson, 1905 and Dipaustica Meyrick, 1912 all subsumed within it.[1]

Species

These species belong to the genus Ichneutica:


References


Wikidata ☰ Q5986363 entry