Graphania mutans
Graphania mutans | |
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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) | |
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Graphania mutans, commonly known as the New Zealand cutworm or the grey-brown cutworm, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. 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 2 "Graphania mutans (Walker, 1857)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
- ↑ Walker, Francis (1854). "XI: Noctuidae". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. pt. 11: 602 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ 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 – via Taylor & Francis.
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