Mocis alterna (Walker, 1858)
(also known as : Euclidia nebuligera)
CATOCALINAE ,
NOCTUIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 14 August 2008)
Illustration 24, Plate CCXXIII, Hampson 1903-1913,
(Courtesy of
Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)
The caterpillar is a pest on :
Alfalfa ( Lucerne: Medicago sativa,
FABACEAE ), and
Soybeans ( Glycine max,
FABACEAE ).
The species occurs in the northern half of Australia.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp. 65, 452.
