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Northern armyworm

Pseudaletia separata

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) prettysmallthings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

Armyworm MothPseudaletia unipuncta

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Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Arthropods · Arthropoda
Class	Insects · Insecta
Order	Butterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
Family	Cutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
Genus	Mythimna

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
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Practise Northern armyworm with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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