title: Thysanoplusia daubei
text: # Thysanoplusia daubei
  
  Thysanoplusia daubei is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North and East Africa, Southern Europe, Arabia, Turkey, Southern Iran to the Himalayas, India, Indochina, China, Japan and Taiwan.
  
  The wingspan is about 30 mm.
  
  The closest relatives of T.daubei are the afrotropical Thysanoplusia indicator (Walker, 1858) and the South-East Asiatic Thysanoplusia lectula that is larger in size.
  
  ## Biology
  
  The larvae feed on Sonchus, Chondrilla, Cichorium and Mentha species.
  
  