Ichneutica

Genus of moths, endemic to New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ichneutica is a genus of cutworm or dart moths in the family Noctuidae.[2][3] The genus is found in New Zealand and surrounding islands. There are more than 80 described species in Ichneutica, the largest known genus of Lepidoptera in New Zealand.[1] In 2019 this genus was revised and greatly expanded with the genera Graphania Hampson, 1905, Tmetolophota Hampson, 1905 and Dipaustica Meyrick, 1912 all subsumed within it.[1]

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Ichneutica
Ichneutica ceraunias, female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Noctuinae
Genus: Ichneutica
Meyrick, 1887
Synonyms[1]
  • Graphania Hampson, 1905
  • Tmetolophota Hampson, 1905
  • Dipaustica Meyrick, 1912
  • Alysia Guenée, 1868 (nec Latreille, 1804)
  • Maoria Warren, 1912 (nec Laporte, 1868)
  • Alysina Cockerell, 1913
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Ichneutica purdii

Species

These species belong to the genus Ichneutica:

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