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Manduca quinquemaculata, the five-spotted hawkmoth, is a brown and gray hawk moth of the family Sphingidae.The caterpillar, often referred to as the tomato hornworm, can be a major pest in gardens; they get their name from a dark projection on their posterior end and their use of tomatoes as host plants.
The cutworm larva of the large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba) Cutworms are moth larvae that hide under litter or soil during the day, coming out in the dark to feed on plants. A larva typically attacks the first part of the plant it encounters, namely the stem, often of a seedling, and consequently cuts it down; hence the name cutworm.
Agrotis ipsilon, the dark sword-grass, ipsilon dart, black cutworm, greasy cutworm or floodplain cutworm, is a small noctuid moth found worldwide. [2] The moth gets its scientific name from black markings on its forewings shaped like the letter "Y" or the Greek letter upsilon . [ 3 ]
The name cutworm refers to the habit of the larvae, of cutting down and partly eating garden and crop plants, especially seedlings. [2] Not all cutworms are in the genus Agrotis , though it may well be the genus that includes the largest number of cutworm species, and the most agriculturally important cutworm species.
Additionally, the variegated cutworm (Peridroma saucia) is described by many as one of the most damaging pests to vegetables. [31] In West Africa, species including Busseola fusca, Heliocheilus albipunctella, Sesamia calamistis, Helicoverpa armigera, and Spodoptera exempta are major pests of staple crops such as pearl millet, sorghum, and maize ...
A. pronuba, L. 48-56 mm. Antennae in male ciliated. Forewings ochreous-brown to dark fuscous, sometimes reddish tinged, sometimes partly irrorated with grey-whitish, especially towards costa anteriorly; lines often paler, dark-edged, sometimes faint, subterminal preceded on costa by a blackish mark orbicular and reniform more or less pale-edged, outlined with darker, reniform partly marked ...
Tens of thousands of people in Spain are "painting the town red" as they participate in La Tomatina, an annual tomato-throwing festival.
Agrotis segetum is one of the most important species of noctuid moths whose larvae are called cutworms. [2] The larvae are generally grey, sometimes tinged with purple. They attack the roots and lower stems of a huge range of plants [3] (see list below) and can be a particularly serious pest of root vegetables and cereals. [12]