#graphania

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#2641- Ichneutica omoplaca

First described in 1887, by Edward Meyrick, as Mamestra omoplaca. In 1988 J. S. Dugdale moved it Graphania. In 2019 Robert Hoare undertook a major review of New Zealand Noctuids, and Graphania was subsumed into Ichneutica.

A Wainscot Moth endemic to much of Aotearoa, and the Auckland Islands, found in a variety of habitats including clearings in Nothofagus forests and tussock grasslands. Known foodplants include two species of grass, but it's been reared on Plantains as well.

Lake Tekapo, Aotearoa New Zealand