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Leucania loreyi

Attracted to UV light

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Really liking this steady stream of new moth species, Ernst! We're on our way to 6,000 moths and butterflies:
    https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera     Posted one year ago

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The False army worm

"Leucania loreyi", the cosmopolitan, false army worm or nightfeeding rice armyworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of African countries, the Indo-Australian subtropics and tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the eastern Palearctic realm, and the Near East and Middle East. The species was first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1827.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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Uploaded Apr 3, 2024. Captured Apr 2, 2024 14:28 in 105 Matthew Flinders Dr, Encounter Bay SA 5211, Australia.
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  • Canon EOS 650D
  • f/8.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.