Ichneutica mutans

Ichneutica mutans
	Female
	Male
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)
Synonyms
	Hadena mutans Walker, 1857 ; Maoria mutans Walker, 1857 ; Xylina spurcata Walker, 1857 ; Hadena lignifusca Walker, 1857 ; Xylina vexata Walker, 1865 ; Mamestra passa Morrison, 1874 ; Mamestra acceptrix Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 ; Hadena debilis Butler, 1877 ; Maoria mutans pallescens Warren, 1912 ;

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

^ ^a ^b "Graphania mutans (Walker, 1857)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
^ Walker, Francis (1854). "XI: Noctuidae". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. pt. 11. London: Trustees of the British Museum: 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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[NZOR-1] "Graphania mutans (Walker, 1857)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

[2] Walker, Francis (1854). "XI: Noctuidae". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. pt. 11. London: Trustees of the British Museum: 602 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[3] 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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