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Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith)
Adult moths are about 1 inch long with gray-brown sculptured front wings and whitish hind wings. The front wings of male moths have a white bar near the wing tip. The bar is absent in female moths. Females lay masses of 50 to several hundred whitish eggs on leaves of rice and other grasses in and around rice fields.
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The LSU AgCenter and the LSU College of Agriculture