CUTWORMS, ARMYWORMS, AND RELATED SPECIES 31 



Bleptina caradrinalis Guenee 



Distribution. — Holland (10) recorded the distribution of Bleptina 

 caradrinalis to be from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and westward to 

 the Rocky Mountains. 



Economic status. — This species is of no importance. 



Food plants. — No information is available on the host plants. 



Seasonal history. — Only five larvae were collected. They were 

 taken late in January and early in February at Wichita, Kans., 

 which would indicate that they overwintered as partly grown larvae. 

 Adults emerged late in April and early in May. Pupal cells were 

 constructed of silk mixed with soil. 



CLIMBING CUTWORMS 



This group includes numerous species that climb the host plant 

 to feed on foliage, stems, buds, or fruit. They hide during the 

 day under surface trash, boards, or other objects, and emerge at night 

 for feeding. They may be easily located on the host plants with a 

 flashlight. 



Euxoa niveilinea (Grote) 



Distribution. — According to Whelan (23), this species has been 

 reported from Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. 

 The writer has taken adults in Kansas and adults and larvae in Ne- 

 braska. 



Economic status. — This cutworm is important in the sandy-soil 

 region of Nebraska, particularly in Holt, Antelope, and Pierce 

 Counties. 



Food plants. — Corn is the principal crop attacked, although this 

 cutworm has also been reported on sweetclover and wheat. 



Seasonal history. — This species has only one generation a year. 

 The adults emerge in September and October. The hibernating stage 

 is not known, but is probably the partly grown larva. The larvae 

 mature late in May and early in June, construct their pupal cells and 

 remain quiescent throughout the summer. They pupate in August, 



Euxoa scandens (Riley) 



White Cutworm 



Distribution. — White cutworm adults were captured at lights in 

 Lincoln and Scottsbluff, Nebr., being abundant in ScottsblufT. Gibson 

 (8) reports the distribution in Canada to be from Manitoba to the 

 Maritime Provinces. 



Economic status.— Gibson records the species as seriously damaging 

 vegetables and the buds of fruit trees. There are no records of it 

 being destructively abundant in the central Great Plains. The writer 

 has taken the larvae only in wastelands. 



Food plants. — The larvae have been collected about the bases of 

 large flowered dock (Rumex venosus Pursh.), in sweetclover, and among 

 willow sprouts along irrigation ditches. Gibson records as its favorite 

 food the buds and tender leaves of fruit trees. 



Seasonal history. — This species has a single generation a year. 

 Adults were captured from late in May to early in August at lights 



