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Tomato moth / Cotton leaf moth

Spodoptera littoralis

Description:

medium sized moth about 22mm long with strong geometric patterns on the wings and a row of tufts along the midline.

Notes:

a potential pest of a wide range of vegetable crops. I suppose I shouldn't have been so pleased to see this little fellow.

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C.Sydes
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C.Sydes

Kgatleng District, Botswana

Spotted on Jan 9, 2013
Submitted on Jul 25, 2013

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