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Agrochola bicolorago

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Agrochola bicolorago
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A. bicolorago
Binomial name
Agrochola bicolorago
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Sunira bicolorago
  • Xanthia bicolorago
  • Xanthia spurgata
  • Agrochola straminea Smith, 1907
  • Orthosia straminea
  • Sunira straminea

The Bicolored Sallow or Shield-backed Cutworm (Agrochola bicolorago) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the eastern half of the United States (except southern Florida) and Canada.

The wingspan is 28–38 mm. Adults are on wing from August to December in the south and from September to November in the north.

The larvae feed on cabbage, cherry, crabapple, dock, elm, grass, maple, peach, plum, oak, tobacco and willow.