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INSECTS

Cabbage Looper Moth

Trichoplusia ni

Insects
NativeMigratory
Cabbage Looper Moth, photo 1 of 5
Cabbage Looper Moth, Caterpillar
Cabbage Looper Moth, Adult
16 mmLength

Butterfly or moth in the family Noctuidae 16 mm long. Migratory. Feeds on nectar.

There are 7 observations of Cabbage Looper Moth in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Capitale-Nationale and Côte-Nord, and it has been reported in 3 of the 17 regions. They peak in August.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie4
  2. Capitale-Nationale2
  3. Côte-Nord1

What the caterpillar eats

Garden lettuceLactuca sativa
DEADLY
Cultivated tobaccoNicotiana tabacum
TOXIC
Garden peaPisum sativum
TOXIC
Irish potatoSolanum tuberosum
Common beetBeta vulgaris
Japanese flowering quinceChaenomeles japonica
CantaloupeCucumis melo
Garden cucumberCucumis sativus
Garden asparagusAsparagus officinalis
Field mustardBrassica rapa
California poppyEschscholzia californica
White mustardSinapis alba

Similar species

Small WhitePieris rapae
Soybean Looper MothChrysodeixis includens
Common Looper MothAutographa precationis
Gray Looper MothRachiplusia ou
Diamondback MothPlutella xylostella
American Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidoides
Fall Cankerworm MothAlsophila pometaria
Yellow-striped Armyworm MothSpodoptera ornithogalli
White-bowed SmoothwingScaeva affinis
Speckled Green Fruitworm MothOrthosia hibisci
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis
Saddled ProminentCecrita guttivitta