Indian weed caterpillar | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Australothis |
Species: | A. rubrescens |
Binomial name | |
Australothis rubrescens Walker, 1858 | |
Synonyms | |
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Australothis rubrescens, the Indian weed caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found all over Australia (including Tasmania) and in Papua New Guinea.
Larvae have been recorded on Sigesbeckia orientalis , [1] Ixiolaena brevicompta , Podolepis longipedata , Hibisucs , Nicotiana tabacum , Solanum dioicum and Stylidium productum .
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