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Velvet Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera latifascia

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 27, February 26, March 29, April 56, May 34, June 37, July 23, August 22, September 18, October 19, November 25, December 25.
United States558
Texas307
Louisiana254
Mexico49
Mississippi42
Georgia27
Alabama15
South Carolina11
North Carolina9
Tennessee6

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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