| Anticarsia irrorata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Anticarsia |
| Species: | A. irrorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Anticarsia irrorata (Fabricius, 1781) |
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The Irrorated Tabby (Anticarsia irrorata) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Old World tropics east to Queensland, the Marquesas and Easter Island.
Adults are pale brown with a number of darker dots and curving lines on the wings.
The larvae mainly feed on Leguminosae species, including Canavalia, Cajanus, Cicer, Cyamopsis, Glycine, Lablab, Mucuna, Phaseolus and Vigna species. Other recorded foodplants include Cucumis, Andropogon, Oryza, Paspalum and Saccharum.