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Armyworm

Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta) is a species in the family Noctuidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the armyworm

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Generations a year
Two
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the armyworm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the armyworm as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Cyprus
  2. Mali
  3. Niger
  4. Senegal
  5. Togo

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the armyworm endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the armyworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNoctuidae
  6. genusMythimna
  7. SpeciesMythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)

Synonyms Leucania antica, Leucania extranea, Leucania unipuncta, Leucania unipuncta tseki, Mythimna extranea, Mythimna tseki, Noctua unipuncta, Pseudaletia unipuncta, Pseudaletia unipuncta quechua

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • American wainscotEnglish
  • American wainscot or white-speckEnglish
  • White speckEnglish
  • White-speckEnglish
  • Gwensgod AmericaWelsh
  • Et-punkt græsugleDanish
  • hukkaolkiyökkönenFinnish
  • leucanie orbicoleFrench
  • vandregressflyNorwegian Bokmål
  • EenstipgrasuilDutch
  • vandrargräsflySwedish
  • Gwensgodau AmericaWelsh
  • légionnaire uniponctuéeFrench
  • Leucanie orbicole (La)French

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the armyworm

Other species in the same genus Mythimna.

White-point

Mythimna albipuncta

NoctuidaeNo free photo yet

Clay

Mythimna ferrago

NoctuidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the armyworm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the armyworm as introduced in 5 countries: Cyprus, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the armyworm?

The armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta) belongs to the family Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/armyworm

MLA

“Armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/armyworm.

BibTeX
@misc{armyworm_2026,
  title = {Armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/armyworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}