Soybean Looper Chrysodeixis includens (Walker) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Abstract

The soybean looper, Chrysodeixis includens (Walker), is a light to dark green caterpillar which derives its name from its preferred host plant (soybean, Glycine max) and the looping movement it makes while in motion. Includes: Introduction - Distribution - Description and Life Cycle - Hosts - Damage and Economic Importance - Management - Selected References Also published on the Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/field/soybean_looper.htm Original publication date November 2017. Revised March 2021.

Keywords

• Soybean Pest Insects
• Noctuidae
• owlets
• cutworms