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
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 594 verified sightings
Observation date: Oct 09, 2018
Submitted by: Shane Miller
Region: Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 13, 2018
Observation date: Oct 04, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 09, 2018
Observation date: Sep 02, 2018
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 04, 2018
Observation date: Jul 29, 2018
Submitted by: momsavang
Region: Harris County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Nov 04, 2018
Observation date: Aug 17, 2018
Submitted by: Niayre
Region: DeKalb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Nov 02, 2018
Observation date: Sep 18, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 31, 2018
Observation date: Sep 15, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 31, 2018
Observation date: Sep 14, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 29, 2018
Observation date: Sep 26, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 27, 2018
Observation date: Oct 13, 2018
Submitted by: hydapse
Region: Harris County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Oct 23, 2018
Observation date: Sep 26, 2018
Submitted by: Jana Nicholas
Region: Dallas County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Oct 22, 2018
Observation date: Aug 13, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 20, 2018
Observation date: Oct 13, 2018
Submitted by: cosmic_cat
Region: Gregg County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Oct 20, 2018
Observation date: Sep 28, 2018
Submitted by: mcnotin
Region: Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 20, 2018
Observation date: Oct 15, 2018
Submitted by: a-o
Region: Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 16, 2018
Observation date: Sep 07, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Dorchester County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 15, 2018
Observation date: Jul 28, 2018
Submitted by: Rangertsp
Region: Tennessee, United States
Verified by: Ken Childs
Verified date: Oct 15, 2018
Observation date: Sep 21, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 15, 2018
Observation date: Oct 06, 2018
Submitted by: nrpeters
Region: Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 12, 2018
Observation date: Oct 02, 2018
Submitted by: nrpeters
Region: Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 12, 2018
Observation date: Sep 21, 2018
Submitted by: KLion
Region: Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 10, 2018
Observation date: Aug 12, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 10, 2018
Observation date: Sep 11, 2018
Submitted by: Doreen61
Region: Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 10, 2018
Observation date: Sep 22, 2018
Submitted by: billybgood
Region: Passaic County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 10, 2018
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