Mamestra brassicae

TaxID: 55057

Basic Information

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth, cabbage moth

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). Other notable host plants include tobacco, sunflower, and tomato, making this pest species particularly economically damaging. 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.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Noctuidae

Mamestra

brassicae

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Mamestra brassicae
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(c) Riccardo Molajoli@BY-NC
Mamestra brassicae
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(c) Станислав@BY-NC
Mamestra brassicae
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(c) Cowry639@BY-NC
Mamestra brassicae
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(c) 灯原@BY-NC
Mamestra brassicae
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(c) danilo ugrnov@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (2 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Brassica Host
Brassica oleracea Host

Quarantine Status (12 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent 2019
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Costa Rica Absent —
Dominican Republic Quarantine pests —
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Greece Quarantine pests —
Moldova Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —
Uruguay Absent —
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Distribution (61 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

61
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Andorra Present —
Armenia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Belarus Present —
Bhutan Present —
Switzerland Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_905163435.1 Chromosome 576 17758 19384 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR32251765 Whole Body 12days post hatch + exposure time not determined 23504790 United Kingdom: UKCEH, Wallingford
SRR32251764 Whole Body 12days post hatch + exposure time not determined 17390606 United Kingdom: UKCEH, Wallingford
SRR32251763 Whole Body 12days post hatch + exposure time not determined 21755506 United Kingdom: UKCEH, Wallingford

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature