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Achyra affinitalis
Larvae reach 15 mm in length and are slender, hairy, and can vary in colour between grey-green, dark-green or pale-brown. They have a black head and older larvae have a dark stripe down the middle of their back with three rows of small dark spots. Adult moths are 12 mm long with a 20 mm wingspan. They are pale yellow or cream in colour with darker brown markings on the forewings and black eyes. They feed on canola, soybeans, lupins, lucerne, cotton, medic pastures and a wide range of broad-leaved weeds.
