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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) » Hadenini » Dargida » Wheat Head Armyworm - Hodges#10431 (Dargida diffusa)
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Caterpillar on three-awn (Aristida sp.) - Dargida diffusa
Copyright © 2014 John van der Linden

Caterpillar on three-awn (Aristida sp.) - Dargida diffusa
Weaver Dunes, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA
September 1, 2010
Compare pattern on the side of the head with and -- on all of these I see three wavy, dark horizontal lines near the bottom of the side of the head, with a grouping of ~4 spots just in front of the lines. Also on those other specimens (thumbnails above) there seems to be a mesh-like dark pattern above the three lines; but that's hard to make out on this specimen, due to poor focusing I think. On basis of head pattern, host plant, and overall resemblance, I'm calling this Dargida diffusa.

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