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Ichneutica

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Ichneutica
Ichneutica ceraunias, female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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
Ichneutica purdii

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]

Species

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These species belong to the genus Ichneutica:

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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 – via Maanaki Whena Landcare Research.
  2. ^ "ICHNEUTICA - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  3. ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 461. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.