| Feredayia graminosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Feredayia |
| Species: | F. graminosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Feredayia graminosa (Walker, 1857) | |
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Feredayia graminosa, the mahoe stripper or green mahoe moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. This moth was first described by Francis Walker in 1857 as Erana graminosa.
Adults are on wing from October to January.
The larvae feed on the leaves of the native mahoe tree, Melicytus ramiflorus.
Feredayia graminosa is a known host of species within the fly genus Pales.
References
- ^ "Feredayia graminosa (Walker, 1857)". www.NZOR.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- 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.
- "Feredayia graminosa (Walker, 1857)". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- Schnitzler, F-R. "Tachinidae of New Zealand. Genus Pales". www.landcareresearch.co.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
External links
- Citizen Science observations of Feredayia graminosa Archived 2017-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
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