Soybean looper
Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius)
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Size range
- Up to 25 mm long
Distribution
- From West Africa and Australia
- Now in New Zealand
Life History
- Larval form of Burnished Brass moth
- Found in gardens
- Green semilooper caterpillars feed on soybeans, potato, parsley and carrot