Chrysodeixis argentifera
| Tobacco looper | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Chrysodeixis |
| Species: | C. argentifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysodeixis argentifera (Guenée, 1852) | |
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Chrysodeixis argentifera, the tobacco looper, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It is found in Australia and New Zealand.
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852 and originally named Plusia argentifera.[2][3]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is c. 30 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This species can be found in Australia and is regarded as a regular visitor that periodically establishes itself in New Zealand.[4][5]
Hosts and habitat
[edit]The larvae feed on various plants, including sunflower, canola, tomato, various beans and silver beet.[6]
References
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- ↑ "Chrysodeixis argentifera (Gueneeb, 1852)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
- ↑ Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 213. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ↑ Boisduval, Jean Alphonse; Guénée, Achille, 1809-1880 (1836), Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères (in French), vol. 6, Paris: Roret, pp. 352–353, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.9194, LCCN agr03000771, OCLC 5505272, Wikidata Q28315548
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) BHL page 33923819 - ↑ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Chrysodeixis argentifera (Tobacco Looper Moth)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
- ↑ K. J. Fox (January 1978). "The Transoceanic Migration of Lepidoptera to New Zealand — A History and a Hypothesis on Colonisation". New Zealand Entomologist. 6 (4): 368–380. doi:10.1080/00779962.1978.9722295. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q105737852.
- ↑ "Tobacco Looper (Chrysodeixis argentifera)". www.ozanimals.com. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
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