Summary ²

Thysanoplusia orichalcea, known as the Slender burnished brass, Golden Plusia or Soybean looper (though technically not a member of the Looper moth family), is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is polyphagous pest of vegetable crops that originated in Indonesia, from where it spread to Europe, India, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In northern Europe it is a migrant species.

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