Armyworm
Mythimna unipuncta
pest control
Five stripes of various colors running the length of the body
true armyworm moth, white-speck moth, common armyworm or rice armyworm
Agricultural crops and weedy grasses
armyworm
Americas, southern Europe, central Africa, and western Asia
36-95 days
0.063in to 1.5in larvae, 1.5in wingspan as adult
humans with pesticide treatments, bats, ground beetles, ants, spiders, bobolink blackbirds, starlings, crows; wasp and fly parasitoids; bacterial and fungal diseases