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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Hadeninae » Hadenini » Faronta » Wheat Head Armyworm - Hodges#10431 (Faronta diffusa)

Species Faronta diffusa - Wheat Head Armyworm - Hodges#10431

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Hadeninae
Tribe Hadenini
Genus Faronta
Species diffusa (Wheat Head Armyworm - Hodges#10431)
Hodges Number
10431
Identification
Adult: pale yellowish ground color similar to Wainscot moths (Leucania spp.) but forewing has less streaking; the central longitudinal stripe breaks up before reaching the outer edge of the wing, dissolving into a broad delta-shaped gray area that stretches from the anal angle to the apex
Range
all of North America except Yukon and Alaska
Season
adults fly from May to September
Food
larvae feed on seed heads of cereal crops and grasses (especially timothy grass)
Internet References
live adult image (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
pinned adult image (U. of Nebraska, Lincoln)
pinned adult image (John Glaser, Maryland)
pinned adult image (CBIF)
common name reference plus larval food plants and flight season (Ohio State U.)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 30 July, 2005 - 2:39am
Additional contributions by Ethan Kistler
Last updated 21 June, 2007 - 6:24pm

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