-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

-Owlet Moths and Allies (Superfamily Noctuoidea)

-Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths (Family Erebidae)

-Subfamily Eulepidotinae

-Tribe Panopodini

-Genus Anticarsia

-Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth (Anticarsia gemmatalis)

The Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth (Anticarsia gemmatalis) is a medium-sized noctuid moth best known as the adult stage of the velvetbean caterpillar, a major agricultural pest in the Americas. The velvetbean caterpillar is one of the most destructive defoliators of soybeans in the Western Hemisphere. Adults fly and mate at night and they are attracted to lights.