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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Noctuina » Agnorisma » Pale-banded Dart - Hodges#10955 (Agnorisma badinodis)
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leaf litter caterpillar - Agnorisma badinodis
Copyright © 2013 Even Dankowicz

leaf litter caterpillar - Agnorisma badinodis
Champaign County, Illinois, USA
April 21, 2013
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Contributed by Even Dankowicz on 21 April, 2013 - 9:32pm
Last updated 13 November, 2013 - 5:05pm

Moved
Moved from Cutworm or Dart Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 13 November, 2013 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved for Specialist Review
Moved from ID Request.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 26 April, 2013 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

Looks like ...
one of the armyworm cats
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 22 April, 2013 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree
It looks a lot like the great brown dart (Eurois astricta). Interesting that the head, prothoracic shield, and anal plate lack any pigmentation, but the faint pattern is still there.
… LaciP, 25 April, 2013 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

 
I take this back
After sleeping on it I'm more partial to the spotted-side cutworm (Agnorisma badinodis).
… LaciP, 26 April, 2013 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

 
Looks like ...
that may well be the better choice. All the "armyworms" and their relatives looks so similar. John Balaban will probably know for sure
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… Robert Lord Zimlich, 26 April, 2013 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

 
I couldn't find any pictures
I couldn't find any pictures of this on bugguide except for one that had never been officially assigned that didn't look that similar; to me it looks more like something in spodoptera?
… Even Dankowicz, 25 April, 2013 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

 
"looks more like something in spodoptera?"
Armyworm Cats are Spodoptera. Perhaps something in the neighborhood of ...

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 25 April, 2013 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

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