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Western Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera praefica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 15, February 13, March 14, April 17, May 17, June 14, July 17, August 11, September 14, October 14, November 18, December 14.
United States685
California169
Idaho127
Washington96
Oregon69
Canada57
British Columbia32
Alberta24
Nevada13
Utah11

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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