Trichoplusia ni

Distribution: worldwide in warmer regions.
Type locality: 'Europe'.
Synonyms: Plusia extrahens Walker 1858; Plusia humilis Walker 1858; Plusia significans Walker 1858; Plusia innata Herrich-Schaeffer 1868; Plusia brassicae Riley 1870; Plusia echinocystidis Strecker 1874.
Source of record: listed by Gowdey (1926) p. 67 (as 'Phytometra ni'); M.J.C.B. collection.
Method of identification: illustrated in colour by Lafontaine & Poole (1991) pl. 1, figs. 8 & 9 (adult); pl. 4, fig. 2; pl. A, fig. 9; pl. J, fig. 1; text fig. 12.
Notes: the larva is the 'Cabbage Looper'.

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