Chalciope alcyona (H. Druce, 1888)
(one synonym : Grammodes hoplitis Meyrick, 1902)
 CATOCALINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

These caterpillars can be a pest on :

  • Rice ( Oryza sativa, POACEAE ).

    The species occurs across the south Pacific including :

  • New Caledonia,
    and in Australia in:
  • Queensland.

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    (updated 6 February 2010)