Trichoplusia ni (Hübner 1803)
| Common name: Cabbage looper.
Hodges #: 8887. Identification: Rfw 16.7 mm, fw shades of gray, weakly shining, st. line with a series of black wedges, outer row of fringe scales of hw mostly white. Abdomen of male with yellow inter-segmental lateral scale tufts, clasper with dorsal margin arched near base and cucullus rounded distally. Similar species: 8889, 8890, 8895, 8908, 8914. Distribution: Cosmopolitan, in the New World from central Canada to northern Argentina. Hosts: Larvae feed on a huge variety of herbaceous plants, showing a preference for Brassicaceae– mustards. Note: The often sited 'isolated silver fw spot' of economic literature is subject to variable genetic expression and wing ware.
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ND, Cass Co., Fargo. 15- IX- 2004. fluorescent light, coll. G. Fauske.
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