Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:     Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class:        Insecta
Order:       Lepidoptera
Family:      Noctuidae
Genus:      Graphania
Species:     G. mutans
Binomial name: Graphania mutans
Common name: Grey-brown Cutworm

Graphania mutans is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is native to New Zealand. The larvae feed on various pasture plants and grasses, including the leaves and fruit of various apple species and are thus considered a pest in apple orchards.
This a very variable coloured moth as seen by photos below.

A female moth.
Graphania mutans at Waikawitia.JPG

Female.
1-Graphania mutans -002.JPG

Female
Graphania mutans Grey-brown Cutworm.JPG

Graphania mutans.JPG

Male moth
Graphania mutans Grey-brown Cutworm 1 .JPG

1-Graphania mutans.JPG

Graphania mutans Grey-brown Cutworm.JPG

Graphania mutans-005.JPG

1-Graphania mutans-001.JPG

Moths with a green tinge.
New Zealand Cutworm Graphania mutans.JPG

New Zealand Cutworm Graphania mutans-001.JPG

Graphania mutans a.JPG

The underside. Female
Graphania mutans-011.JPG 

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