title: Mamestra
text: # Mamestra
  
  Mamestra is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Ochsenheimer in 1816. Perhaps the best known species is the cabbage moth, M. brassicae.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Mamestra brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Mamestra configurata Walker, 1856
  * Mamestra curialis (Smith, 1888)
  * Mamestra repentina Morrison, 1875
  * Mamestra tayulingensis Yoshimoto, 1989
  