Chrysodeixis includens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Chrysodeixis
- Species
- Chrysodeixis includens
- Scientific Name
- Chrysodeixis includens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chrysodeixis includens
Chrysodeixis includens, the soybean looper, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is known as falso medidor in north-eastern Mexico. It is found from southern Quebec and southern Ontario through the eastern and southern part of the United States to Central America and South America, the Antilles and the Galápagos Islands. It is known to be migratory. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858.
The wingspan is 28–39 mm. The adults are on wing from April to November depending on the location.
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants. Recorded food plants are Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Commelinaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Geraniaceae, Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Malvaceae, Solanaceae, Verbenaceae, Medicago sativa, Phaseolus polystachios, Glycine max, Gossypium herbaceum, Nicotiana tabacum, Lycopersicon esculentum, Brassica and Lactuca sativa.
The Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) may feed on the soybean looper.
...Chrysodeixis includens in languages:
- English
- Soybean Looper
- English
- Soybean Looper Moth
- Portuguese
- Falsa-medideira-da-soja
- Portuguese
- falsa-medideira
- Portuguese
- lagarta-falsa-medideira
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Chrysodeixis acuta
- Chrysodeixis argentifera
- Chrysodeixis celebensis
- Chrysodeixis chalcites
- Chrysodeixis chrysopepla
- Chrysodeixis diehli
- Chrysodeixis dinawa
- Chrysodeixis eriosoma
- Chrysodeixis goergneri
- Chrysodeixis heberachis
- Chrysodeixis illuminata
- Chrysodeixis includens
- Chrysodeixis keili
- Chrysodeixis luzonensis
- Chrysodeixis minutoides
- Chrysodeixis minutus
- Chrysodeixis papuasiae
- Chrysodeixis permissa
- Chrysodeixis politus
- Chrysodeixis subsidens
- Chrysodeixis taiwani
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