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Sugarcane Looper
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SUGARCANE LOOPER FACTS |
Identification
The adult Sugarcane Looper moth is brown with a diagonal dark line with a pale edge across each forewing. There is a row of dark dots between the line and the trailing edge of the forewing. There is also a dark dot on each forewing near the apex on the wings. The caterpillars are pale green or yellow, with two black bands behind the thorax. They move like a looper caterpillar.
Food
The Sugarcane Looper caterpillars are an agricultural pest on Oats, Sugar Cane and various Grasses
Breeding
The Caterpillars pupate in a cocoon in a twisted leaf.
Range
Found across Africa and Asia, including India, and northern Australia
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Noctuidae | | Genus: | Mocis | | Species: | frugalis | | Common Name: | Sugarcane Looper |
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