Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée, 1852)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Amphipyrinae
Identification: Forewing brown with bluish gray shading inside am. line and near apex and anal angle. Oblique yellowish shade line extends from costa across orbicular spot and beyond vein Cu, almost to pm. line. White mark below reniform spot forks to form a sideways Y. Lower median area dark gray or orange-yellow (in form "flavimedia"). Hindwing translucent white with blackish veins and terminal line.
Wing Span: 3.2-4.4 cm.
Life History: Larva is named Yellow-striped Armyworm or Cotton Cutworm and can be a pest.
Flight: April-November. Several broods.
Caterpillar Hosts: Many low plants and crops including cotton, clover, grasses, potato, and tobacco.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Throughout eastern North America, but does not overwinter north of Long Island.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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Observation date: Jun 20, 2024
Submitted by: Susan McSwain
Region: Nelson County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jun 22, 2024
Observation date: May 09, 2024
Submitted by: Team-Chick
Region: Virginia, York County, United States
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Verified date: May 11, 2024
Observation date: Mar 01, 2024
Submitted by: Bob Jacobson
Region: Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States
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Verified date: Mar 03, 2024
Observation date: Aug 05, 2023
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 24, 2024
Observation date: Aug 20, 2023
Submitted by: Underscore1234
Region: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 29, 2023
Observation date: Sep 02, 2023
Submitted by: safechrisLaurie
Region: Anoka County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Mark Wheeler
Verified date: Nov 26, 2023
Observation date: Oct 25, 2023
Submitted by: jmgesell
Region: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 29, 2023
Observation date: Oct 04, 2023
Submitted by: jrtindall
Region: Mercer County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 05, 2023
Observation date: Sep 25, 2023
Submitted by: ELFredrickson
Region: Madison County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Sep 28, 2023
Observation date: Sep 17, 2023
Submitted by: pgrew1@unl.edu
Region: Penobscot County, Maine, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Sep 23, 2023
Observation date: Sep 20, 2023
Submitted by: Juliette Stella
Region: New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Sep 22, 2023
Observation date: Jul 27, 2019
Submitted by: amyc
Region: Calloway County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Aug 27, 2023
Observation date: Aug 29, 2021
Submitted by: tjay13
Region: Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Aug 22, 2023
Observation date: Sep 10, 2021
Submitted by: JudyLY
Region: New Mexico, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Aug 11, 2023
Observation date: Sep 05, 2021
Submitted by: jamesvonloh
Region: New Mexico, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Aug 11, 2023
Observation date: Aug 10, 2023
Submitted by: HiMoz
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 11, 2023
Observation date: Sep 05, 2021
Submitted by: jamesvonloh
Region: Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Aug 09, 2023
Observation date: Sep 10, 2021
Submitted by: JudyLY
Region: Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Aug 09, 2023
Observation date: Jul 15, 2023
Submitted by: datilson
Region: Swain County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 05, 2023
Observation date: Jul 24, 2023
Submitted by: Blue Swallowtail
Region: Adams County, Nebraska, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Jul 28, 2023
Observation date: Jul 25, 2023
Submitted by: Brittanie
Region: New York County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Jul 26, 2023
Observation date: Jun 28, 2023
Submitted by: Pheasantboy77
Region: Lincoln County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: jmgesell
Verified date: Jul 01, 2023
Observation date: Apr 29, 2023
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: May 01, 2023
Observation date: Oct 19, 2021
Submitted by: Jacksenzig
Region: Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Apr 16, 2023
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