and is sometimes a pest on :

(Photo: courtesy of Robert Whyte, Brisbane)

The adult moths of this species are purplish-brown, with a dark kidney-shaped mark near the centre of each forewing, and often a purple spot at each forewing tip. Each hindwing has a broad black mark along the margin.

Illustration 9, Plate CCXIV of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species occurs as several subspecies over south-east Asia and the south Pacific, including :

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 21.3, p. 454.

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(updated 27 January 2011)