Graphania mollis

Graphania mollis
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Graphania
Species:	G. mollis
Binomial name
	Graphania mollis; (Howes, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
	Melanchra mollis Howes, 1908 ;

Graphania mollis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by George Howes in 1908 as Melanchra molis from specimens collected in and around Otago and Southland.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] In 2019 Robert J. B. Hoare undertook a major review of New Zealand noctuids. Hoare, having inspected the type material of this species, placed it within the genus Ichneutica.[3]

References

"Graphania mollis (Howes, 1908)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
Howes, William George (1908). "Further notes on Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 40: 533–534 – 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.

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[NZOR-1] "Graphania mollis (Howes, 1908)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-03.

[2] Howes, William George (1908). "Further notes on Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 40: 533–534 – 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.