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Tobacco Looper

Chrysodeixis argentifera

Description:

This attractive moth had a wing span of about 30 mm. Its wings were tented-up but occasionally it opened it slightly as seen in the last picture of another looper seen near by on the same night. The fore wings are iridescent with shades of brown and grey with a distinct "8"-shaped mark of silver near the inner margin and a small S-shaped silver pattern near the costal margin. The thorax showed a wedge-shaped tuft of fur and smaller tufts were seen along the midline of the dorsal side

Habitat:

Spotted under bright lights near a national park

Notes:

The caterpillars of this are considered agricultural pests. they also are destructive to ornamentals. Family: Noctuidae Subfamily: Plusiinae

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Leuba Ridgway
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Leuba Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Dec 1, 2013
Submitted on Dec 10, 2013

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