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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Dart, Sallow, and Cutworm Moths and Allies
  7. Armyworm Moths
  8. Beet Armyworm Moth

species 16,329 observations

Beet Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera exigua

Status
introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

28 native plants
support it in the US
  • Caterpillar hosts Plants its caterpillars eat Pale Smartweed, Redroot Amaranth, Chili Pepper, Waterpepper 26
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Rubber Rabbitbrush, Fringed Amaranth 2

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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