Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
2012 gathering in Alabama is being planned now!

More upcoming events

Photos of insects and people from the 2011 gathering in Iowa

Photos from the 2010 Workshop in Grinnell, Iowa

Photos from the 2009 gathering in Washington
 
Photos from the 2008 gathering in Tennessee
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Prodeniini » Armyworms (Spodoptera)

Genus Spodoptera - Armyworms

Classification · Pronunciation · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Internet References
Yellow Striped Armyworm - Spodoptera ornithogalli 5013981 - Spodoptera ornithogalli Caterpillar - Spodoptera frugiperda Plant it was on. - Spodoptera latifascia Caterpillar - Spodoptera ornithogalli Yellow-striped Armyworm, Spodoptera ornithogalli? - Spodoptera ornithogalli Yellow-striped Armyworm - Spodoptera ornithogalli Yellow-striped Armyworm moth caterpillar - Spodoptera ornithogalli
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Prodeniini
Genus Spodoptera (Armyworms)
Pronunciation
SPO-dop-TAIR-ə
Numbers
10 species in North America listed at All-Leps
Range
throughout United States and southern Canada
Remarks
The Armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta) is placed in subfamily Hadeninae.
Internet References
pinned adult images of seven species (Moth Photographers Group)
pinned adult images of four species occurring in Canada (CBIF)
distribution in Canada list of provinces (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)
pdf with larval species identification at Insecta Mundi (2.75Mb)
Spodoptera Army worms in Florida
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 21 August, 2004 - 9:49am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Lynette, Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 May, 2012 - 9:21pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2012 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact