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Oriental Armyworm
Mythimna separata
-37.8891, 145.304
Field Notes
Description:
A pale olive green moth with speckled wings and a small blurred roange patch on each forewing. Costa curved down at the apices with an oblique dark line running up from the apices towards the inner wing margins. A low profile crest was seen on a furry thorax.
Hind wings could have had sooty submarginal areas - can be just seen in pic 1.
Wingspan -probably about 30 mm.
Habitat:
Spotted under bright lights on a warm night near National park and suburban gardens.
Notes:
These are considered an agricultural pest all over the world. The caterpillars feed on Poaceae (maize, rice and sorghum). They are seen to migrate in large numbers. <br>
Family: Noctuidae <br>
Subfamily: Hadeninae
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Mythimna separata
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 25, 2014
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