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Dargida diffusa (Wheat Head Armyworm)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Wheat Head Armyworm (Dargida diffusa) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Eastern 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.
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Chetogena claripennis[1]
Lespesia frenchii[1]
Periscepsia helymus[1]
Winthemia quadripustulata[1]

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♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0