Graphania ustistriga

Graphania ustistriga
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Graphania
Species: G. ustistriga
Binomial name
Graphania ustistriga
(Walker, 1857)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Xylina lignisecta Walker, 1857
  • Xylina ustistriga Walker, 1857

Graphania ustistriga is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[2] It was described by Francis Walker in 1857 using a specimen obtained from William Colenso.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.

Recorded food plants of the larvae include Pinus radiata and Pseudotsuga species.

References

  1. 1 2 "NZOR Name Details - Graphania ustistriga (Walker, 1857)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 170–171. ISSN 0111-5383. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. Walker, Francis (1857). "XI: Noctuidae". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. pt. 11: 493–764 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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