| Green Cutworm (one synonym : Euplexia emergens Walker, 1857) ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species are brown, with patterned forewings and plain hindwings. They have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
This species has been found in
Further reading :
Achille Guenée,
Noctuélites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 5, Section 1 (1852), pp. 212-213, No. 336.
Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 10-11.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 20 July 2010, 10 April 2017, 12 December 2020)