Maori

Graphania averilla

Checklist Number
73.3031 [B&F: 2210]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Noctuidae
Subfamily:Hadeninae
Genus:Graphania
Species:averilla
Authority:(Hudson, 1921)

Occurrence in the British Isles unconfirmed. This native of New Zealand is included on the British list on the basis of one individual caught at Spurn Head, Yorkshire in July 1950, thought most likely to have originated from a passing ship. No evidence of breeding in the UK.