Ichneutica mutans

Ichneutica mutans
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Ichneutica
Species:	I. mutans
Binomial name
	Ichneutica mutans; (Walker, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
	Graphania mutans Walker, 1857 ; 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 ;

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

"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. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd (80). doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.80.

External links

iNaturalist.org

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[NZOR-1] "Graphania mutans (Walker, 1857)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-03.

[2] 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.

[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.

[Hoare2019-4] Hoare, R. J. B. (2019). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 2: Nivetica, Ichneutica". Fauna of New Zealand. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd (80). doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.80.