- Agrochola bicolorago
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Agrochola bicolorago Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Tribe: Xylenini Genus: Agrochola or Sunira Species: A. bicolorago Binomial name Agrochola bicolorago
Guenée, 1852Synonyms - Sunira bicolorago
- Xanthia bicolorago
- Xanthia spurgata
- Agrochola straminea Smith, 1907
- Orthosia straminea
- Sunira straminea
The Bicolored Sallow or Shield-backed Cutworm (Agrochola bicolorago) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the eastern half of the United States (except southern Florida) and Canada.
The wingspan is 28-38 mm. Adults are on wing from August to December in the south and from September to November in the north.
The larvae feed on cabbage, cherry, crabapple, dock, elm, grass, maple, peach, plum, oak, tobacco and willow.
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