Burnished brass moth
Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius)
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Size range
- Medium–sized moth, wingspan 38 mm
Distribution
- From West Africa and Australia
- Now in New Zealand
- Also found in Europe and southern England
Life History
- Found in gardens
- Green semilooper caterpillars feed on soybeans, potato, parsley and carrot