Spodoptera albula

Spodoptera albula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Spodoptera
Species:	S. albula
Binomial name
Spodoptera albula (Walker, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
Xylina albula Walker, 1857 Spodoptera albulum Laphygma orbicularis Walker, 1857 Laphygma caudata Walker, 1865

Spodoptera albula (unbarred spodoptera moth or gray-streaked armyworm moth) is a moth of the family Noctuidae found from the southern United States, south to South America.^[2]

The wingspan is 33–35 mm. The forewings are brownish-grey with dark streaks along the veins. There is a thin black basal dash and a reniform spot in the form of a small dark dot. The hindwings are white with pale grey shading and a dotted black terminal line. Adults are on wing in the final half of the year, peaking in November.

The larvae feed on Amaranthus species.

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