. Manual of vegetable-garden insects. Canada. The striped cutwormhibernates in a partly growncondition and becomes ma-ture in May and full-grown larva isl^ inches in length, palebrownish tinged with yel-low above, grayish on thesides and greenish below. It has a median pale stripebordered with brown; a brownish subdorsal stripe, whichis bounded below by a light line; a narrow distinctwhite lateral stripe and a broad white stigmal band. Pupa-tion takes place in the soil, the pupal period occupying fromtwo to three weeks. The moths are most abundant duringJuly and August. The moth has a
. Manual of vegetable-garden insects. Canada. The striped cutwormhibernates in a partly growncondition and becomes ma-ture in May and full-grown larva isl^ inches in length, palebrownish tinged with yel-low above, grayish on thesides and greenish below. It has a median pale stripebordered with brown; a brownish subdorsal stripe, whichis bounded below by a light line; a narrow distinctwhite lateral stripe and a broad white stigmal band. Pupa-tion takes place in the soil, the pupal period occupying fromtwo to three weeks. The moths are most abundant duringJuly and August. The moth has an expanse of 1^ to 1^ front wings are grayish to blackish brown sometimes witha purplish tinge. The orbicular and reniform spots are distinct,and between these spots, and extending to the second crossline, is a contrasting dark brown or black area. There is atuft of yellow hairs at the base of the front wing. The hindwings are brown becoming whitish towards the center and base(Fig. 160). There is but one generation a Fig, 16C. — The striped cutworm moth (X U). CUTWORMS AND ARMY-WORMS 271 References Forbes, 23rd Rept. State Ent. 111., p. 34. Agr. Canada Ent. Bull. 10, pp. 29-30. 1915. The Dingy CutwormFeltia subgothica Haworth, F. ducens Walker, and F. jaculifera Guenee Under the term dingy cutworm are included several forms,the moths of which have been given separate names by special-ists as indicated above. So far as known, the early stagesand habits of these forms are practically identical. This cut-worm is widely distributed in the and Canada,being more abundant in the northern part of its range. It isa general feeder, its food plants including corn, wheat, grasses,clover, strawberry, bean, pea, squash, cucumber, tomato, sweetpotato, cabbage and horse-radish. It sometimes assumes theclimbing habit and feedson the buds of variousfruit-trees. The dingy cutworm hi-bernates in a partly growncondition, completing itsgrowth in the sprin
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