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This document is EENY-105, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: July 1999.
EENY105/IN262: Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (ufl.edu)
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