Green Garden Looper

Chrysodeixis eriosoma

The Green Garden Looper is a moth of the family Noctuidae. Mostly cosmopolitan distribution, it is a serious pest found throughout Wadelai, Aden, Japan, China, throughout the Indian, Sri Lanka, Malayan, and Australasian regions. It is present in Hawaii and recorded as an incursion in mainland North America and Russia.
Chrysodeixis eriosoma dorsal Commonly known as the green garden looper moth. Wingspan 35 mm.  Australia,Chrysodeixis eriosoma,Fall,Geotagged,Green Garden Looper,Lepidoptera,Macro,Moth,Noctuidae,arthropod,autumn,fauna,green looper moth,insect,invertebrate,new south wales

Behavior

Duration of the pupal stage varies from a few days in summer to about a month in winter.
A marbled beauty The markings, patterns and form of this moth are just wonderful to my eyes. 

It is a green garden looper, Chrysodeixis eriosoma. Seen here resting on aquatic mint Mentha aquatica. I may find eggs there soon, as the larva enjoy spearmint (Mentha spicata). 

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Reproduction

The larvae are green with a number of faint longitudinal dorsal and lateral white lines. They also sometimes have black dots on their sides. As for most other plusiine, they lack two pair of prolegs and thus move in a looper fashion, which is somewhat similar to caterpillars in the family Geometridae. They grow to a length of about 4 cm. They are polyphagous and have been reported to feed on over sixty species of plants.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae
GenusChrysodeixis
SpeciesC. eriosoma