''Spodoptera dolichos'', the dolichos armyworm moth or sweetpotato armyworm moth, is a moth of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found from the southern United States (including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas), south through

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

to South America, as far south as Argentina. In the United States, it may occur as far north as Kentucky and Maryland. The wingspan is about . The larvae are

polyphagous Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffixes -vore, -vory, or -vorous from Latin ''vorare'', meaning "to devour", or -phage, -phagy, or -phagous from Greek φαγε ...

and feed on a wide range of wild and cultivated plants

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dolichos Moths of North America Moths of the Caribbean Moths of Central America Moths of South America Moths of Cuba Lepidoptera of Jamaica Moths described in 1794 {{Caradrinini-stub