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Tiracola plagiata (Banana fruit caterpillar)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Cacao Armyworm (Tiracola plagiata) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from south-east Asia, South India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar to the south pacific islands, including the northern two-thirds of Australia.
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Infraspecies

Tiracola plagiata nebulifera
Tiracola plagiata plagiata

Prey / Diet

Camellia sinensis (tea)[1]
Citrus aurantiifolia (lime)[1]
Citrus medica (citron)[1]
Manihot esculenta (cassava)[2]
Theobroma cacao (cacao)[2]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0