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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Looper Moths (Plusiinae) » Argyrogrammatini » Trichoplusia » Cabbage Looper Moth - Hodges#8887 (Trichoplusia ni)
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A. californica? - Trichoplusia ni
Copyright © 2009 Chris Mallory

A. californica? - Trichoplusia ni
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
March 26, 2009
I think this is Autographa californica, but its not nearly as dark as most of the other individuals I've seen.
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Contributed by Chris Mallory on 2 April, 2009 - 5:22pm
Last updated 9 March, 2015 - 11:29am

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths.

We have some good pictures here too.
… A. Hendrickson, 9 March, 2015 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… David J. Ferguson, 2 August, 2009 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Trichoplusia ni
John has a good photo: ON Flickr
I have one posted:" also on Flickr
… Dick Wilson, 13 May, 2009 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

maybe not...
I just found what I believe to be another one of these, and much to my delight, it was side by side with a real A. californica which allowed me to compare the two. After which, I think that this must be some other species. This species was much smaller, about 17mm in length.... after doing some research, my new guess for this individual is Trichoplusia ni. This is assuming, of course, that the species in this picture was the same species as the one I observed tonight... I will upload the images of the new individual tommorow and then hopefully an expert can weigh in their opinion.
… Chris Mallory, 19 April, 2009 - 2:28am login or register to post comments

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