Dargida diffusa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Dargida
- Species
- Dargida diffusa
- Scientific Name
- Dargida diffusa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Dargida diffusa
Dargida diffusa, the wheat head armyworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of North America, except Yukon and Alaska.
The wingspan is 27–36 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on seed heads of cereal crops and grasses, especially Phleum pratense.
...Dargida diffusa in languages:
- English
- Wheat Head Armyworm
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Dargida albilinea
- Dargida albomarginata
- Dargida aleada
- Dargida diffusa
- Dargida graminea
- Dargida grammivora
- Dargida gumia
- Dargida hieroglyphera
- Dargida jocunda
- Dargida juxta
- Dargida lithophilus
- Dargida meridionalis
- Dargida procinctus
- Dargida pyrosoma
- Dargida quadrannulata
- Dargida rubripennis
- Dargida terrapictalis
- Dargida tetera
- Dargida tetragona
- Dargida uncifera































































































































































