Graphania ustistriga

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. 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.[4]

Graphania ustistriga
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Male
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G. ustistriga
Binomial name
Graphania ustistriga
(Walker, 1857)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Xylina lignisecta Walker, 1857
  • Xylina ustistriga Walker, 1857

Recorded food plants of the larvae include Muehlenbeckia australis, Muehlenbeckia complexa, Olearia hectorii, Plantago lanceolata, and Urtica australis.[5]

References

  1. "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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Graphania ustistriga (Walker 1857)". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 27 April 2019.


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