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Western bean cutworm

Striacosta albicosta

Western bean cutworm (Striacosta albicosta) is an insect pest. It is a native of Western United States and was first detected in Colorado in 1984.

The larvae feed on a wide variety of plants, including beans and corn.

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  • 7/2020 - Western Bean Cutworm Moth Season Begins
  • 1/2020 - New York Farmers Deal with Crop Pests
  • 1/2020 - Corn, soybean insect updates track new concerns
  • 1/2020 - Corn School: Changing weather patterns create pest challenges
  • 12/2019 - Syngenta Canada to focus on soybeans and a rebuild in corn as it moves away from cereal breeding
  • 11/2019 - Farmers invited to submit corn silage samples for mycotoxin study
  • 7/2019 - Western bean cutworm and spider mites in field corn
  • 7/2019 - Corn School: Western bean cutworm still a threat in late-developing crop
  • 7/2019 - Western Bean Cutworm Flight Increases, Egg Hatch Is Underway
  • 7/2019 - OMAFRA REPORT: Cutworms, aphids and cereal leaf beetles
  • Scouting Western Bean Cutworm Post-Whorl Corn
  • Western Bean Cutworm Early Scouting
  • Western Bean Cutworm Egg Masses and Young Larvae, Pre-Tassel Corn
  • Western Bean Cutworm Eggs and Hatching Larvae
  • Western Bean Cutworm Scouting Post Whorl Corn
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