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 References Hadenini