Leucania stenographa Lower, 1900
(one synonym : Mythimna loreyimima)
Sugar Cane Armyworm
HADENINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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

The Caterpillars of this species are an agricultural pest on various plants in the family POACEAE, eg:

  • Pasture Grass, and
  • Sugar Cane ( Saccharum officinarum ).


    Norfolk Island
    1986

    The adult moth has brown forewings with broken darker lines. The hind wings are buff, with a broken dark line around the edge. It occurs over the northern half of Australia.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp. 25, 65.


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    (updated 9 December 2009)