Australothis rubrescens

Australothis rubrescens
Australothis rubrescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Australothis
Species: A. rubrescens
Binomial name
Australothis rubrescens
Walker, 1858
Synonyms
  • Thalpophila rubrescens Walker, 1858
  • Chloridea aresca Turner, 1911
  • Chloridea caesia Warren, 1913
  • Chloridea rufa Warren, 1913
  • Heliothis hyperchroa Turner, 1920

The Indian Weed Caterpillar (Australothis rubrescens) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found all over Australia (including Tasmania) and in Papua New Guinea.

Larvae have been recorded on Sigesbeckia orientalis[1], Ixiolaena brevicompta, Podolepis longipedata, Hibisucs, Nicotiana tabacum, Solanum dioicum and Stylidium productum.

References

  1. ^ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (August 24, 2004). "Australothis rubrescens". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on 2008-08-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20080801204517/http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/heli/rubres.html. Retrieved 2009-01-22. 

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