HPIPM:Potato Cutworms Loopers

Taxonomy

Domain	Eukarya
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Hexapoda
Class	Insecta
Subclass	Pterygota
Infraclass	Neoptera
Superorder	Holometabola
Order	Lepidoptera
Superfamily	Noctuoidea

Scientific Name

Noctuidae

Scientific Name Synonyms

Aganaidae

Hypsidae

Common Name

cutworms, loopers, owlet moths, and underwings

Author: Whitney S. Cranshaw

Cutworms, such as variegated cutworm, and cabbage looper commonly occur on potatoes.

Looper problems are aggravated by some insecticides, such as Temik. Foliar feeding rarely reduces yields, but cutworm feeding on tubers can cause crop injury.

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