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Family Noctuidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Common
Armyworm moths
and caterpillars that we found in the Brisbane area,
Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 30mm
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- We sometimes found those caterpillars on grasses. They are brown in
colours with thick brown lines along the body. They feed on various of
grasses and and other crops during the night.
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- The moth is pale brown in colour with white dot on the middle of
forewings.
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- This moth is common in Brisbane bush, especially during early summer. Usually it hides on forest
ground during the day. Occasionally fly away if disturbed.
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- The hind wings are buff with dark submarginal bands.
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- Reference:
- 1. Mythimna
convecta
(Walker, 1857) - Australian Caterpillars, by Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley,
2006.
- 2. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press,
1990, p466, fig50.2.
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