MPG (species pages only) MPG (entire website) Entire Web

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Noctuidae 933212 – 10911   Anicla infecta (Ochsenheimer, 1816)              Green Cutworm

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

© Maury Heiman © Robert Zimlich Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Larva and Host Plants: Host familiy: Alliaceae[Liliaceae] Amaranthaceae[Chenopodiaceae] Asteraceae Brassicaceae Fabaceae Malvaceae Planta..  Host genera: Allium Avena Beta Brassica Cenchrus Chrysanthemum Digitaria Lolium Malvastrum Muhlenbergia Nicotiana...  (Kimberley & Douglas 2025) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: infecta (Ochsenheimer, 1816) (Agrotis) - MONA 1983: 10911 alabamae Grote, 1874 (Anicla) bartholemica (Wallengren, 1871) (Graphiphora) incisa (Gundlach, 1881) (Agrotis) incivis (Guenée, 1852) (Agrotis) mahalpa Schaus, 1898 (Anicla) mulina (Möschler, 1886) (Agrotis) pauper (Butler, 1878) (Prodenia) praecipua (Walker, 1869) (Laphygma)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Lafontaine, J. D., 2004. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.1: p. 43; pl. A.9-12. order or free PDF Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at iNaturalist

© Matt Sadowski © Alan Chin-Lee © Bob Patterson © Bob Patterson © Lew Scharpf © Valerie G. Bugh © Bob Patterson © Carol Wolf

LG – © Jim Troubridge 36mm – © Jim Vargo

© McGuire Center LG © McGuire Center LG © George Smiley LG 4 day old larva on grass - 4mm © George Smiley LG 13 day old larva on grass - 8mm

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone