Graphania sericata

Graphania sericata
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Graphania
Species:	G. sericata
Binomial name
	Graphania sericata; (Howes, 1945)
Synonyms
	Melanchra sericata Howes, 1945 ;

Graphania sericata is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It was described by George Howes in 1945 from specimens taken near the Homer tunnel.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] In 2019 Robert J. B. Hoare published a paper in which he 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 sericata (Howes, 1945)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
Howes, W. George (1945). "New Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 75: 65–67 – via National Library of New Zealand.
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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[:0-1] "Graphania sericata (Howes, 1945)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

[2] Howes, W. George (1945). "New Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 75: 65–67 – via National Library of New Zealand.

[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.