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Mythimna separata
A pale olive green moth with speckled wings and a small blurred roange patch on each forewing. Costa curved down at the apices with an oblique dark line running up from the apices towards the inner wing margins. A low profile crest was seen on a furry thorax. Hind wings could have had sooty submarginal areas - can be just seen in pic 1. Wingspan -probably about 30 mm.
Spotted under bright lights on a warm night near National park and suburban gardens.
These are considered an agricultural pest all over the world. The caterpillars feed on Poaceae (maize, rice and sorghum). They are seen to migrate in large numbers.
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Hadeninae
Spotted on Oct 24, 2014
Submitted on Oct 25, 2014
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