Feredayia graminosa

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Feredayia graminosa
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Female
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Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Feredayia
Species:
F. graminosa
Binomial name
Feredayia graminosa
(Walker, 1857) [1]
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Synonyms [1]
  • Erana graminosaWalker, 1857
  • Erana vigensWalker, 1865
  • Mamestra sphagneaFelder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Feredayia graminosa, the mahoe stripper or green mahoe moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. [1] This moth was first described by Francis Walker in 1857 as Erana graminosa. [2]

Adults are on wing from October to January.[ citation needed ]

The larvae feed on the leaves of the native mahoe tree, Melicytus ramiflorus . [3]

Feredayia graminosa is a known host of species within the fly genus Pales . [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Feredayia graminosa (Walker, 1857)". www.NZOR.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Walker, Francis (1857). "Part XI - Noctuidae". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. pt. 11: 494–764. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.58221 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ "Feredayia graminosa (Walker, 1857)". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  4. ↑ Schnitzler, F-R. "Tachinidae of New Zealand. Genus Pales". www.landcareresearch.co.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 14 May 2017.


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