PestNet members thought that C eriosoma was the common semi-looper noctuid found on vegetables such as tomatoes in the southwest Pacific. In extensive surveys of lepidoptera on vegetables and associated weeds in Fiji, the only plusiine reared was C eriosoma. It can cause lots of leaf damage, but only occasionally damages tomato fruit. Chrysodeixis chalcites is the Eurasian species

Chrysodeixis chalcites was considered to be a widespread species with a variety of synonyms throughout the world. A number of these are now considered to be valid species including C eriosoma. This species is common and widespread in Australia, while the closely related C subsidens is only common in southern parts of Australia. The larvae of both agree with the photo and have a small thin black line through the ocelli (which the photo shows?). The third species found in Australia, C argentifera, lacks these lines.