White-Speck Moth - Mythimna unipuncta
TL: ~20 mm. FW was tan-brown and was peppered with few darker scales; A tiny, white speck touches the inner part of the reniform spot; a thin dark line slants inward from the apex.
Habitat: Attracted to a 395 nm light in a rural area
2020(d)
"Mythimna unipuncta" is found in the Americas and in parts of Europe, Africa and Asia. Its original distribution is North and South America. It has been introduced to other places from there. They are known as armyworms because the caterpillars move in lines as a massive group, like an army, from field to field, damaging crops.
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Jul 27, 2020. Captured Jul 25, 2020 22:43 in 5 East St, New Milford, CT 06776, USA.
