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Fall Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera frugiperda

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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 Texas.January 384, February 367, March 417, April 791, May 485, June 235, July 441, August 417, September 662, October 1,020, November 372, December 349.
United States9,471
Texas7,960
Alabama1,034
Canada951
North Carolina896
Illinois828
Ontario766
Oklahoma720
Georgia554
Wisconsin519

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

Sources

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