Cabbage looper
of plants. The eggs have a spherical shape, with the flattened part attached to the leaf, and are a yellowish or greenish white colour. The Larvae hatch [...] both sides of the body. Pupation takes place in webbed cocoons often on the underside of the host plants. The pupae have a green colour and then change to [...] pepper, some cucurbits, soybean, sesame and cotton. One of the reasons why this plague can be serious is that the moth is able to disperse widely, reaching