Graphania omoplaca facts for kids
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Graphania omoplaca is a moth of the family Noctuidae. In 1887, Edward Meyrick described the specimen collected near Lake Coleridge and Rakaia. It is endemic to New Zealand. Specimens have also been collected from the Auckland Islands. The host species of G. omoplaca are in the genus Poa. In 2019 Robert J. B. Hoare undertook a major review of New Zealand noctuids. Hoare, having inspected the type material of this species, placed it within the genus Ichneutica.
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Observation of living Ichneutica omoplaca
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Poa cita, a larval host species of I. omoplaca
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