Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Scientific name Thysanoplusia daubei | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Thysanoplusia, Cornutiplusia circumflexa, Heliothis nubigera, Thysanoplusia orichalcea, Agrotis spinifera | ||
Thysanoplusia daubei is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North and East Africa, Southern Europe, Arabia, Turkey, Southern Iran to the Himalayas, India, Indochina, China, Japan and Taiwan.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The closest relatives of T.daubei are the afrotropical Thysanoplusia indicator (Walker, 1858) and the South-East Asiatic Thysanoplusia lectula that is larger in size.
Biology
The larvae feed on Sonchus, Chondrilla, Cichorium and Mentha species.
References
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