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
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 659 verified sightings
Observation date: Sep 09, 2019
Submitted by: Moon
Region: Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 09, 2019
Observation date: Sep 07, 2019
Submitted by: jrdpa
Region: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 07, 2019
Observation date: Sep 06, 2019
Submitted by: agdsquash
Region: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 06, 2019
Observation date: Sep 05, 2019
Submitted by: Curiosity
Region: Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 05, 2019
Observation date: Aug 25, 2019
Submitted by: ashores
Region: Augusta County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 03, 2019
Observation date: Aug 31, 2019
Submitted by: vvryabyy
Region: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 01, 2019
Observation date: Aug 22, 2019
Submitted by: tirvine2020
Region: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 29, 2019
Observation date: Aug 27, 2019
Submitted by: Christine Stanke
Region: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Aug 28, 2019
Observation date: Aug 03, 2018
Submitted by: amcbp7
Region: St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Aug 27, 2019
Observation date: Aug 20, 2019
Submitted by: Howell_Curtis
Region: Harrison County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: Howell_Curtis
Verified date: Aug 27, 2019
Observation date: Jun 28, 2019
Submitted by: foreverdancing
Region: Cole County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Aug 26, 2019
Observation date: Aug 25, 2019
Submitted by: montejosh
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 25, 2019
Observation date: Jun 25, 2019
Submitted by: pmrules21
Region: Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 23, 2019
Observation date: Aug 22, 2019
Submitted by: jandslegate
Region: Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 22, 2019
Observation date: Sep 14, 2017
Submitted by: billd
Region: Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Aug 20, 2019
Observation date: Aug 17, 2019
Submitted by: NinjaMom765
Region: Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 17, 2019
Observation date: Aug 11, 2019
Submitted by: Riva32
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 14, 2019
Observation date: Aug 01, 2019
Submitted by: Susan McSwain
Region: Nelson County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 11, 2019
Observation date: Jul 25, 2019
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Haywood County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 10, 2019
Observation date: Aug 08, 2019
Submitted by: pachips
Region: Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 09, 2019
Observation date: Aug 08, 2019
Submitted by: GardenAum
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 08, 2019
Observation date: Jul 30, 2019
Submitted by: ydlrun
Region: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 05, 2019
Observation date: Aug 04, 2019
Submitted by: agdsquash
Region: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 04, 2019
Observation date: Jul 31, 2019
Submitted by: agdsquash
Region: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 01, 2019
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