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Trichoplusia ni looks similar to  Ctenoplusia limbirena which has a pale brownish mark near the outer forewing margin.
Trichoplusia ni looks similar to  Ctenoplusia limbirena which has a pale brownish mark near the outer forewing margin.


[http://www.terrain.net.nz/uploads/images/Te%20Henui/Fauna/Trichoplusia%20ni%20moth.jpg]
[[File:Trichoplusia ni moth.jpg|frameless|upright 2.25]]


The Trichoplusia ni caterpillar<br />
The Trichoplusia ni caterpillar<br />
[http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0008/3323/Trichoplusia_ni_caterpillar.JPG]
[[File:Trichoplusia ni caterpillar.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]


[http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0004/0944/Trichoplusia_ni_caterpillar__Cabbage_Looper-004.JPG]
[[File:Trichoplusia ni caterpillar Cabbage Looper-004.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]


The head<br />
The head<br />
[http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0004/0954/Trichoplusia_ni_caterpillar__Cabbage_Looper-028.JPG]
[[File:Trichoplusia ni caterpillar Cabbage Looper-028.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]


The rear of the larva (caterpillar)<br />
The rear of the larva (caterpillar)<br />
[http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0004/0964/Trichoplusia_ni_caterpillar__Cabbage_Looper-033.JPG]
[[File:Trichoplusia ni caterpillar Cabbage Looper-033.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]
 
 
 
 
 
 





Latest revision as of 17:19, 24 September 2019

ingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily:  Plusiinae
Tribe: Argyrogrammatini
Genus: Trichoplusia
Species: T. ni
Binomial name: Trichoplusia ni
Synonyms: Phytometra brassicae, Plusia innata
Common name: Cabbage Looper

Trichoplusia ni is a nocturnal brown moth. It is found throughout the southern Palaearctic ecozone, all of North America, parts of Africa and most of the Oriental and Indo-Australian-New Zealand region.
The caterpillar, a measuring worm, is smooth and pale green with white stripes and is one of a many species called cabbage worm. It is called a "looper" because it arches its body as it crawls, inchworm-style. This species is very destructive to plants due to its voracious consumption of leaves. It is not restricted to cole crops (Brassicaceae); other plant hosts include tomato, cucumber and potato. The adult of the species is a nocturnal brown moth.

Trichoplusia ni looks similar to  Ctenoplusia limbirena which has a pale brownish mark near the outer forewing margin.

Trichoplusia ni moth.jpg

The Trichoplusia ni caterpillar
Trichoplusia ni caterpillar.JPG

Trichoplusia ni caterpillar Cabbage Looper-004.JPG

The head
Trichoplusia ni caterpillar Cabbage Looper-028.JPG

The rear of the larva (caterpillar)
Trichoplusia ni caterpillar Cabbage Looper-033.JPG