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Soybean looper

Chrysodeixis includens (Walker, 1858)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The soybean looper (Chrysodeixis includens) is a species in the family Noctuidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the soybean looper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the soybean looper live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the soybean looper as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the soybean looper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the soybean looper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNoctuidae
  6. genusChrysodeixis
  7. SpeciesChrysodeixis includens (Walker, 1858)

Synonyms Phalaena oo, Phytometra oo f. oonana, Plusia binotula, Plusia culta, Plusia dyaus, Plusia hamifera, Plusia includens, Plusia pertusa, Pseudoplusia includens

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Soybean looper mothEnglish
  • Falso medidor de la soyaSpanish
  • falsa-medideiraPortuguese
  • Falsa-medideira-da-sojaPortuguese
  • lagarta-falsa-medideiraPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the soybean looper

Other species in the same genus Chrysodeixis.

Silver u

Chrysodeixis acuta

NoctuidaeNo free photo yet

Green looper

Chrysodeixis eriosoma

NoctuidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the soybean looper an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the soybean looper as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the soybean looper?

The soybean looper (Chrysodeixis includens) belongs to the family Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Soybean looper (Chrysodeixis includens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/soybean-looper

MLA

“Soybean looper (Chrysodeixis includens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/soybean-looper.

BibTeX
@misc{soybean_looper_2026,
  title = {Soybean looper (Chrysodeixis includens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/soybean-looper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}