| Mocis frugalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 |
| Genus: | Mocis Hübner, [1823] |
| Species: | M. frugalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775) |
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The Sugarcane Looper (Mocis frugalis) is a species of moth of subfamily Catocalinae of Family Noctuidae found in India.
Wingspan 36–50 mm
Grey-brown. Fore wing with a diffused dark mark above the centre of vein 1 ; an oblique postmedial line pale inwardly, red- brown outwardly; a submarginal series of black specks. Hindwing with postmedial and diffused submarginal lines.
Some specimens have a black spot above inner margin of fore wing before the middle.[1]
Larva pale yellowish ochreous, with darker lines ; two subdorsal lines ; and a sublateral series of olivaceous spots ; 4th and 5th somites edged behind with black. Food-plants, Zingiberacece.[1]
W. Africa and throughout the Oriental and Australian regions.[1]