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Photo by Phil Sloderbeck, Kansas State University
Body cream to grayish cream with semitransparent skin; head, light brown with sutures bordered by dark brown bars. Mature length 1.24 inches. Damage occurs in the spring, larvae feed below ground infestations in Kansas generally limited to extreme western counties.
For more information refer to the publication Pale Western Cutworm
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/entml1/PaleWest.pdf
For control information refer to the publication Wheat Insect Management for 1999 (Feb. 1999)
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/ENTML2/Mf745.pdf
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