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Beet Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera exigua

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 352, February 260, March 407, April 641, May 924, June 1,008, July 1,079, August 928, September 681, October 508, November 278, December 217.
United States9,737
Alaska7,283
Portugal1,772
California1,125
FARO1,075
Spain1,022
Texas460
France413
Andalucía327
Bulgaria260

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusArmyworm Moths · Spodoptera

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