Graphania scutata

Graphania scutata
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Graphania
Species: G. scutata
Binomial name
Graphania scutata
(Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Melanchra scutata Meyrick, 1929

Graphania scutata is a moth of the Noctuidae family.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929 from a specimen collected by George Vernon Hudson in winter in Wellington.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Graphania scutata (Meyrick, 1929)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1930). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 60: 483–490 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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