Ichneutica mutans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Ichneutica |
| Species: | I. mutans
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| Binomial name | |
| Ichneutica mutans (Walker, 1857)
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Ichneutica 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]
Ichneutica mutans was formerly a member of the genus Graphania.[4]
References
- ^ a b "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. 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.
- ^ Hoare, R. J. B. (2019). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 2: Nivetica, Ichneutica". Fauna of New Zealand (80). Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.80.
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- [1] iNaturalist.org
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