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 27, 2019
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Apr 02, 2023
Observation date: Aug 15, 2018
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Apr 02, 2023
Observation date: Aug 19, 2022
Submitted by: bknupp
Region: Page County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 13, 2023
Observation date: Aug 19, 2022
Submitted by: bknupp
Region: Page County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 13, 2023
Observation date: Feb 09, 2023
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
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Verified date: Feb 11, 2023
Observation date: Dec 04, 2022
Submitted by: kzmmrmn
Region: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Dec 05, 2022
Observation date: Nov 28, 2022
Submitted by: ijustwannaknowm0re
Region: Nassau County, New York, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Nov 29, 2022
Observation date: Nov 17, 2022
Submitted by: ships333
Region: Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 27, 2022
Observation date: Nov 05, 2022
Submitted by: jmgesell
Region: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 06, 2022
Observation date: Oct 25, 2022
Submitted by: jrtindall
Region: Mercer County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 27, 2022
Observation date: May 23, 2018
Submitted by: momsavang
Region: Harris County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: owlbyr
Verified date: Oct 06, 2022
Observation date: Jun 05, 2019
Submitted by: Jodiebee
Region: Dawson County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: owlbyr
Verified date: Oct 06, 2022
Observation date: Jul 17, 2013
Submitted by: erica32paulk
Region: Geneva County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: owlbyr
Verified date: Oct 06, 2022
Observation date: Oct 23, 2016
Submitted by: LLJohnson
Region: Dominican Republic
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Oct 06, 2022
Observation date: Oct 23, 2016
Submitted by: LLJohnson
Region: Dominican Republic
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Oct 04, 2022
Observation date: Sep 23, 2022
Submitted by: MnEm2017
Region: Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Sep 27, 2022
Observation date: Sep 24, 2022
Submitted by: speele
Region: Pickens County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 26, 2022
Observation date: Jul 01, 2020
Submitted by: Eric Wood
Region: Boone County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin
Verified date: Sep 17, 2022
Observation date: Jun 25, 2017
Submitted by: ozcomomoths
Region: Ozark County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin
Verified date: Sep 16, 2022
Observation date: Oct 01, 2016
Submitted by: Jon Rapp
Region: Callaway County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin
Verified date: Sep 16, 2022
Observation date: Sep 12, 2022
Submitted by: catbirdcat
Region: Carroll County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Sep 14, 2022
Observation date: Aug 26, 2022
Submitted by: catbirdcat
Region: Carroll County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 13, 2022
Observation date: Aug 16, 2022
Submitted by: mysorekid
Region: St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 10, 2022
Observation date: Aug 10, 2022
Submitted by: mysorekid
Region: St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 04, 2022
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