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Tomato looper

Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the tomato looper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Generations a year
Two
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tomato looper live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tomato looper as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Swedeninvasive
  2. Poland
  3. United Kingdom

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 tomato 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 tomato looper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNoctuidae
  6. genusChrysodeixis
  7. SpeciesChrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)

Synonyms Chrysodeixis bengalensis, Chrysodeixis quaestionis, Noctua bengalensis, Noctua chalsytis, Noctua quaestionis, Phalaena chalcites, Phalaena chalsytis, Phytometra chalcites, Plusia buchholzi, Plusia chalcytes, Plusia chalsytis

Other names and names in other languages (24)
  • Golden twin-spotEnglish
  • kovolesklec jižníCzech
  • gem deusmotiog aurWelsh
  • Kobbersmykket metalugleDanish
  • Kupfer-GoldeuleGerman
  • Plusia del TomateSpanish
  • tarhametalliyökkönenFinnish
  • Plusie chalciteFrench
  • פלוסית זהובהHebrew
  • Déli aranybagolyHungarian
  • Falena del pomodoroItalian
  • gullmetallflyNorwegian Bokmål
  • Turkse motDutch
  • Паслёновая металловидкаRussian
  • mora rajčinováSlovak
  • Bakrasta zlatninarkaSlovenian
  • Златна совицаSerbian
  • tvillingfläckat metallflySwedish
  • Хризодеіксіс хальцитесUkrainian
  • Tomaten-GoldeuleGerman
  • Türkische MotteGerman
  • Plusie chalcite (La)French
  • Turkse uilDutch
  • Zlatna sovicaSerbian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tomato 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 tomato looper an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the tomato looper as invasive in 1 country: Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.

What kind of animal is the tomato looper?

The tomato looper (Chrysodeixis chalcites) 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). Tomato looper (Chrysodeixis chalcites). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tomato-looper

MLA

“Tomato looper (Chrysodeixis chalcites).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tomato-looper.

BibTeX
@misc{tomato_looper_2026,
  title = {Tomato looper (Chrysodeixis chalcites)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tomato-looper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}