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Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth
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Butterflies & moths

Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera ornithogalli Guenée, 1852

Names

EnglishYellow-striped Armyworm Moth
Dutch—
SpanishPolilla o gusano cortador del algodón
Chinese黄条粘虫
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameSpodoptera ornithogalli Guenée, 1852

About this species

Spodoptera ornithogalli (yellow-striped armyworm, cotton cutworm) is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

When first discovered this particular species was thought to be the American representative of S. littoralis as the two species have very similar forms. However, S. ornithogalli is known to have much darker color body with sharper markings.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae
GenusSpodoptera

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