Spodoptera ornithogalli

Spodoptera ornithogalli
Spodoptera ornithogalli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Spodoptera
Species: S. ornithogalli
Binomial name
Spodoptera ornithogalli
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Prodenia eudiopta
  • Prodenia lineatella
  • Prodenia flavimedia
  • Spodoptera eudiopta
  • Spodoptera variolosa
  • Spodoptera flavimedia
  • Spodoptera lineatella

The Yellowstriped Armyworm or Cotton Cutworm (Spodoptera ornithogalli) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Saint Kitts, Dominica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica. In North America it is found from California to Florida plus the eastern states, west to Kansas, and South-eastern Canada from Nova Scotia to Ontario. In South America it is found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.

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The wingspan is 32–44 mm. Adults are on wing form April to November depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various plants, including alfalfa, asparagus, bean, beet, cabbage, clover, corn, cotton, cucumber, grape, grass, jimsonweed, morning glory, onion, pea, peach, peanut, sweet potato, tobacco, tomato, turnip, wheat, watermelon and wild onion.

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