Mocis alterna (Walker, 1858)
(also known as : Euclidia nebuligera)
 CATOCALINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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

(updated 28 September 2008)


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The caterpillar has some of its prolegs missing, and moves in a looper fashion. It is a pest on :

  • Green Beans ( Phaseolus species, FABACEAE ),
  • Alfalfa ( Lucerne: Medicago sativa, FABACEAE ), and
  • Soybeans ( Glycine max, FABACEAE ).


    Illustration 24 ,   Plate CCXXIII , Hampson 1903-1913,
    (Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

    The adult moth is brown, mottled with sinuous markings. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

    The species is found in

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp. 65, 452.

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