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: 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
Observation date: Aug 31, 2022
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
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Verified date: Sep 03, 2022
Observation date: Sep 02, 2022
Submitted by: Latenight
Region: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 02, 2022
Observation date: Sep 16, 2019
Submitted by: Whitewater47
Region: Taylor County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Sep 01, 2022
Observation date: Aug 30, 2022
Submitted by: CopperGenie
Region: Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Sep 01, 2022
Observation date: Aug 30, 2022
Submitted by: CopperGenie
Region: Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 31, 2022
Observation date: Sep 01, 2016
Submitted by: Tommie Rogers
Region: Marion County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: Aug 30, 2022
Observation date: Jul 19, 2020
Submitted by: Tommie Rogers
Region: Marion County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: Aug 30, 2022
Observation date: Aug 30, 2022
Submitted by: Colleen K
Region: Robertson County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 30, 2022
Observation date: Aug 28, 2022
Submitted by: ofdewdrops
Region: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 29, 2022
Observation date: Aug 01, 2022
Submitted by: mysorekid
Region: St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 20, 2022
Observation date: Aug 18, 2022
Submitted by: Blue Swallowtail
Region: Adams County, Nebraska, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Aug 18, 2022
Observation date: Jul 02, 2022
Submitted by: Team-Chick
Region: Virginia, York County, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 08, 2022
Observation date: Aug 06, 2022
Submitted by: yardbird
Region: Camden County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: BarbSendelbach
Verified date: Aug 07, 2022
Observation date: Sep 04, 2021
Submitted by: Brittanie
Region: New York County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Jul 29, 2022
Observation date: Jul 28, 2022
Submitted by: davek
Region: Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 29, 2022
Observation date: Jul 26, 2022
Submitted by: StevebrownLepid
Region: Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 27, 2022
Observation date: Jul 22, 2022
Submitted by: Jay Brasher
Region: Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 26, 2022
Observation date: Jul 23, 2022
Submitted by: Allen B
Region: Fentress County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: Allen B
Verified date: Jul 24, 2022
Observation date: Jul 23, 2022
Submitted by: datilson
Region: Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 23, 2022
Observation date: Jul 07, 2022
Submitted by: Dwaine Wagoner
Region: Natrona County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Jul 09, 2022
Observation date: Aug 25, 2021
Submitted by: BC-27
Region: York County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jun 30, 2022
Observation date: Jul 12, 2020
Submitted by: nightjarring
Region: Dickinson County, Kansas, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: May 31, 2022
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