Common name: Army cutworm
Hodges #: 10731.
Identification: Rfw 19.1 mm, a polychromic species– see
illustrations, fw narrower than most other cutworm moths (wing shape
similar to 10923, 4), antemedial line ‘zig-zag’ extending as far out on
A1+2 as tip of claviform spot; hw under
good light with pink reflection as in 10915; male
harpe very short and rounded, sacculus
extension angled upward and spatulate at apex.
Similar species: 10705, 10730, 10801,
and
10923.
Distribution: northern Canada to northern Mexico and from the
Pacific coast to the Great Lakes region, Missouri, and Texas.
Hosts: Larvae are cutworms on a variety of crops and are
economically important on varieties of wheat, oats, and barley. Natural
hosts are members of the Poaceae– grasses.
Note: This species is migratory, flying into the Rockies in early
summer and aestivating at high elevations, moving back on to the plains
in fall for egg laying.
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SD Minnehaha Co., Sioux Falls. florescent
lt. 20 - VI- 1976. G. Fauske;
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SD Minnehaha Co., Sioux Falls. florescent lt. 21 - VI-
1981. G. Fauske..
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SD Minnehaha Co., Sioux Falls. florescent lt. 14 - VI- 1981. G. Fauske..
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