Bug FAQBrown-striped Semilooper
Mocis undata · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Erebidae
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Caterpillars eat a wide range of legumes and other crops such as soy, beans, cotton, rubber, and solanaceous plants, so they can become garden and field pests.
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How to recognize it
Body is pale red-brown; forewing shows a short sub-basal red-brown line and a sinuous medial line angled on the median vein; hindwing is ochreous-fuscous with a narrow medial band and a diffused sub-marginal band (-).
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Where it comes from
Native to the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, recorded from India and Sri Lanka.
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Questions people ask
What plants do the larvae eat?
The caterpillars feed on a wide range of legumes and other crops, including beans, soy, cotton, rubber, and solanaceous plants.
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Where is the brown-striped semilooper found?
It occurs in the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, especially in India and Sri Lanka.
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Same family (Erebidae)
Spongy MothLymantria disparDamages trees, gardens or crops
Fall Webworm MothHyphantria cuneaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Brown-tail MothEuproctis chrysorrhoeaCan irritate skin
Isabella Tiger MothPyrrharctia isabella
Virginian Tiger MothSpilosoma virginicaCan irritate skin
Salt Marsh MothEstigmene acreaSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mocis_undata
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