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Soybean Looper
This attractive Noctuid moth was about 22 mm long with tented-up wings. The thorax and legs had dense brown setae. Arising from the thorax was a dense brush-like plume of setae and smaller tufts were seen along the back. The wings had beautiful brown patterns along the margins, while most of the wing was a shimmering olive-green. Eyes were prominent and antennae swept back.
First spotted in Australia in 1976, it is well and truly settled here !
"Thysanoplusia orichalcea", known as the slender burnished brass is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a polyphagous pest of vegetable crops that originated in Indonesia, from where it spread to Europe, South Asia, India, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In northern Europe it is a migrant species.
