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:
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Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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Observation date: Oct 13, 2025
Submitted by: MarkSCitsay
Region: Washington County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
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Submitted by: Lilliegriffith
Region: Lyon County, Kansas, United States
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Region: Hall County, Nebraska, United States
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Region: Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Region: Jackson County, Illinois, United States
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Submitted by: gjkoppel
Region: Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Submitted by: naj.pilla
Region: Porter County, Indiana, United States
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Verified date: Sep 22, 2025
Observation date: Aug 11, 2025
Submitted by: Blue Swallowtail
Region: Adams County, Nebraska, United States
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Verified date: Sep 22, 2025
Observation date: Jul 22, 2024
Submitted by: Michele Pollock
Region: Brown County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 13, 2025
Observation date: Aug 22, 2025
Submitted by: thissquirl
Region: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Submitted by: gjkoppel
Region: Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Observation date: Jul 28, 2025
Submitted by: LittleWoodSatyr
Region: Defiance County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 10, 2025
Observation date: Aug 09, 2025
Submitted by: Colleen K
Region: Robertson County, Tennessee, United States
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Observation date: Aug 06, 2025
Submitted by: Colleen K
Region: Robertson County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Aug 09, 2025
Observation date: Jul 31, 2025
Submitted by: JamieLynn
Region: Aiken County, South Carolina, United States
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Verified date: Aug 03, 2025
Observation date: Jul 30, 2025
Submitted by: 15eroman
Region: Coffee County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Jul 31, 2025
Observation date: Jul 30, 2025
Submitted by: Rob Williams
Region: Leon County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 31, 2025
Observation date: Jul 25, 2025
Submitted by: Daniel Morton
Region: Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: BarbSendelbach
Verified date: Jul 27, 2025
Observation date: Jul 16, 2025
Submitted by: Alison Davies
Region: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Jul 27, 2025
Observation date: Jul 17, 2025
Submitted by: naj.pilla
Region: Elkhart County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 20, 2025
Observation date: Jul 15, 2025
Submitted by: Colleen K
Region: Robertson County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 17, 2025
Observation date: Jul 16, 2025
Submitted by: jrtindall
Region: Mercer County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 16, 2025
Observation date: Jul 24, 2015
Submitted by: LLJohnson
Region: Dominican Republic
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Jul 01, 2025
Observation date: Jun 22, 2025
Submitted by: jrtindall
Region: Mercer County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: BarbSendelbach
Verified date: Jun 22, 2025
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