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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Dart, Sallow, and Cutworm Moths and Allies
  7. Dargida
  8. Wheat Head Armyworm
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What supports Wheat Head Armyworm

23 native plants
support it in the US
19 caterpillar hosts 4 flowers

Caterpillar hosts All

19 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis keystone
  • Canadian Bluejoint Calamagrostis canadensis
  • Bottlebrush Grass Elymus hystrix keystone on wildryes
  • Virginia Wildrye Elymus virginicus keystone on wildryes
  • Squirreltail Elymus elymoides keystone on wildryes
  • Blue Wild Rye Elymus glaucus keystone on wildryes
  • Silky Wild Rye Elymus villosus keystone on wildryes
  • Southeastern Wildrye Elymus glabriflorus keystone on wildryes
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Nectar plants All

4 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • Rubber Rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa
  • New York Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis
  • Beach Plum Prunus maritima keystone
  • Red Dome Blanketflower Gaillardia pinnatifida

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