Chrysodeixis eriosoma
Encyclopedia
The Green Garden Looper (Chrysodeixis eriosoma) is a moth
of the family Noctuidae
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Differs from Chrysodeixis signata in the head, thorax, and fore wing having a reddish tinge ; abdomen with the lateral and anal tufts often black in the male. Fore wing with much more gilding on the basal, medial, and outer areas ; the antemedial line more oblique, the postmedial more oblique and sinuous ; the Y mark large, prominent, and golden, the arms often filled in with golden and occasionally joined to the tail.
The adult moth is dark grey-brown, with bunched hairs on its head which look like a short pair of horns. Males have long orange hair-like scales on either side of the abdomen, which are distinctive for this species, and these are probably the origin of the scientific name, as in Greek, erith - red, and soma - body. On each fore wing of males and females is a silvery figure of eight with the two halves separated, unlike the related species Chrysodeixis subsidens in which they are fused together. The absence of a tiny silver 's' on the fore wings distinguishes it from another related species: Chrysodeixis argentifera
. They all have a wingspan of about 3 cms. The chemical identities of the sex attractants (Pheromones) for this moth have been elucidated.
Some specimens are much darker than others.
Larva green, the back palest, with indistinct dorsal and lateral pale lines. Food-plant, Ficus.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the family Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
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Adult
Wingspan 42 mmDiffers from Chrysodeixis signata in the head, thorax, and fore wing having a reddish tinge ; abdomen with the lateral and anal tufts often black in the male. Fore wing with much more gilding on the basal, medial, and outer areas ; the antemedial line more oblique, the postmedial more oblique and sinuous ; the Y mark large, prominent, and golden, the arms often filled in with golden and occasionally joined to the tail.
The adult moth is dark grey-brown, with bunched hairs on its head which look like a short pair of horns. Males have long orange hair-like scales on either side of the abdomen, which are distinctive for this species, and these are probably the origin of the scientific name, as in Greek, erith - red, and soma - body. On each fore wing of males and females is a silvery figure of eight with the two halves separated, unlike the related species Chrysodeixis subsidens in which they are fused together. The absence of a tiny silver 's' on the fore wings distinguishes it from another related species: Chrysodeixis argentifera
Chrysodeixis argentifera
The Tobacco Looper is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Australia.The wingspan is ca. 30 mm.The larvae feed on various plants, including Sunflower, Canola, Tomato, various Beans and Silver Beet....
. They all have a wingspan of about 3 cms. The chemical identities of the sex attractants (Pheromones) for this moth have been elucidated.
Some specimens are much darker than others.
Larva
The larvae are green with a number of faint white lines along the animal's length. They also sometimes have black dots along the sides. Some of their ventral prolegs are missing and this makes them move looper fashion, like the Caterpillars of Geometridae. They grow to a length of about 4 cms.Larva green, the back palest, with indistinct dorsal and lateral pale lines. Food-plant, Ficus.