Graphania insignis

Graphania insignis
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Graphania
Species:	G. insignis
Binomial name
	Graphania insignis; (Walker, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
	Euplexia insignis Walker, 1865 ; Xylina turbida Walker, 1865 ; Mamestra angusta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 ; Hadena skelloni Butler, 1880 ; Mamestra polychroa Meyrick, 1887 ; Melanchra xanthogramma Meyrick, 1912 ;

Graphania insignis is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described by Francis Walker in 1865.[2] In 2019 Robert J. B. Hoare published a paper in which he undertook a major review of New Zealand noctuids. Hoare, having inspected the type specimens of this species, placed it within the genus Ichneutica.[3]

Host species

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

References

"Graphania insignis (Walker, 1865)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
Walker, Francis (1865). "XXXIII: supplement, part 3". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. pt. 33: 724 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Hoare, Robert J. B. (2019-12-09). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 2: Nivetica, Ichneutica". Fauna of New Zealand. 80: 1–455. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.80.

External links

Citizen science observations

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[NZOR-1] "Graphania insignis (Walker, 1865)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-04-17.

[2] Walker, Francis (1865). "XXXIII: supplement, part 3". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. pt. 33: 724 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[3] Hoare, Robert J. B. (2019-12-09). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 2: Nivetica, Ichneutica". Fauna of New Zealand. 80: 1–455. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.80.