Bicolored sallow
The bicolored sallow is a moth that comes out late in the year, in autumn and early winter. It lives in the eastern half of North America. Its caterpillar has its own name, the shield-backed cutworm.
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Fun facts
In the south the moths fly from August to December, in the north from September to November.
It lives almost everywhere in the eastern United States, but not in southern Florida.
Scientists have moved it between different genus names, so you may also see it called Agrochola bicolorago.
Most asked questions about Bicolored sallow
?When does the bicolored sallow fly?
Late in the year, from August to December, depending on how far south it lives.
?How big is the bicolored sallow?
Its wingspan is about 3 to 4 centimetres.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Sunira bicolorago
- Named by
- Guenée, 1852
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Shield-backed cutworm
Where the facts come from
- Agrochola bicolorago (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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