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.
Western bean cutworm
Striacosta albicosta
- 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