Summary ²

Thysanoplusia orichalcea, the slender burnished brass, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a polyphagous pest of vegetable crops that originated in Indonesia, from where it spread to Europe, South Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In northern Europe it is a migrant species.

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