Graphania mutans

Graphania 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]

Graphania 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[1]
  • 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

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
  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.


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