Spodoptera litura

Cluster Caterpillar, Tobacco Cutworm at Franklin, ACT

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Identification history

Spodoptera litura	30 Mar 2024	ibaird
Spodoptera litura	19 Mar 2024	donhe
Unverified	19 Mar 2024	chriselidie

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Found inside house, has disappeared underground to pupate

3 comments

chriselidie wrote:

19 Mar 2024

Thanks for the suggestion. This looks a lot like S. litura, but it has none of the yellow stripes and only few of the markings on its body... Maybe a very bleak individual? Will see if the adult form emerges at some point.

donhe wrote:

19 Mar 2024

Last instar of S.litura loses the stripes, and has 4 pale spots on the thorax and 2 dark spots on the tail.

chriselidie wrote:

20 Mar 2024

Ok thanks, that explains it then

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Location information

Places Franklin, ACT

Sighting information

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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) chriselidie Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Found on carpet, eats eucalyptus and acacia leaves Associated plant
None Associated animal
25mm to 50mm Animal size
Unknown Gender
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Spodoptera litura Scientific name
Cluster Caterpillar, Tobacco Cutworm Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 668.9m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Prodenia tasmanica

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania