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

Spodoptera ornithogalli (yellow-striped armyworm, cotton cutworm) is a moth of the family Noctuidae 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 in south-eastern Canada from Nova Scotia to Ontario. In South America, it is found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.

Illustration

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

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

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