Tobacco looper moth
Chrysodeixis argentifera
-37.8957, 145.314
Field Notes
Description:
Approximately 24mm long; a complex mixture of patches and patterns including purple shades, gold, cream, grey, brown; distinctive weird tufts give a strange shape to this moth at rest.. maybe a disguise?; these also often seem to be shedding scales which appear like dust all around.
Habitat:
Attracted to bright lights at a used car yard.
Notes:
This moth feeds on Solanaceae and is regarded as a serious pest by many agricultural sectors.
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_noctuidae/PLUSIINAE.htm
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 6, 2013
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