Thysanoplusia orichalcea
| Slender burnished brass | |
|---|---|
| Adult feeding on Salvia nectar | |
| Mounted adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Thysanoplusia |
| Species: | T. orichalcea |
| Binomial name | |
| Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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Thysanoplusia orichalcea, the slender burnished brass, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. 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.