| Cabbage moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Mamestra |
| Species: | M. brassicae
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| Binomial name | |
| Mamestra brassicae | |
The cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae) is primarily known as a pest that is responsible for severe crop damage of a wide variety of plant species. The common name, cabbage moth, is a misnomer as the species feeds on many fruits, vegetables, and crops in the genus Brassica (i.e. cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts).[1] Other notable host plants include tobacco, sunflower, and tomato, making this pest species particularly economically damaging.[2]
The moth spans a wide geographic range encompassing the entire Palearctic region. Due to this wide geographic region and the presence of various populations globally, local adaptations have resulted in a species with high variability in life history and behavior across different populations.
- ^ Wu, Xiao (July 2015). "Annual Migration of Cabbage Moth, Mamestra brassicae L. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), over the Sea in Northern China". PLOS ONE. 10 (7): e0132904. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1032904W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132904. PMC 4503451. PMID 26176951.
- ^ Devetak, Marko (May 2010). "Cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae [L.]) and bright-line brown-eyes moth (Mamestra oleracea [L.]) – presentation of the species, their monitoring and control measures". Acta Agriculturae Slovenica. 95 (2). doi:10.2478/v10014-010-0011-3.