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 620 verified sightings
Observation date: May 03, 2018
Submitted by: stomlins701
Region: Elmore County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Mar 18, 2019
Observation date: Mar 09, 2019
Submitted by: whbauer
Region: Bexar County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Mar 11, 2019
Observation date: Oct 08, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 11, 2019
Observation date: Oct 02, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 11, 2019
Observation date: Oct 06, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 11, 2019
Observation date: Oct 07, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 11, 2019
Observation date: Sep 09, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 11, 2019
Observation date: Sep 07, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 10, 2019
Observation date: Sep 20, 2018
Submitted by: bcdavis6
Region: Texas, Tarrant County, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Mar 10, 2019
Observation date: Mar 07, 2019
Submitted by: honeymushroom
Region: Bastrop County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Mar 10, 2019
Observation date: Jul 11, 2018
Submitted by: agnorng
Region: Pickens County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 03, 2019
Observation date: Aug 19, 2018
Submitted by: aimeefterry
Region: Lake County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 26, 2019
Observation date: Sep 16, 2018
Submitted by: plawryniuk
Region: Virginia, United States, York County
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 25, 2019
Observation date: Jun 15, 2018
Submitted by: Rose A. Payne
Region: Bibb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Feb 24, 2019
Observation date: Nov 18, 2018
Submitted by: Beccaboo84
Region: Mobile County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019
Observation date: Aug 05, 2018
Submitted by: Sheryl Johnson
Region: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jan 04, 2019
Observation date: Sep 23, 2018
Submitted by: CathK
Region: Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Dec 22, 2018
Observation date: Dec 15, 2018
Submitted by: CassFP
Region: Winnebago County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 15, 2018
Observation date: Aug 08, 2017
Submitted by: Niayre
Region: DeKalb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Dec 08, 2018
Observation date: Nov 05, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Nov 27, 2018
Observation date: Oct 04, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 22, 2018
Observation date: Sep 04, 2018
Submitted by: elopm
Region: Johnson County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Nov 20, 2018
Observation date: Oct 07, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 14, 2018
Observation date: Oct 06, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 14, 2018
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