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by Matt Hudson and Amy Morey Special thanks to Greg Dahlem, who provided American Entomologist’s Research Briefs content since 2003. Thank you for 20 years of service! We look forward to announcing our next Research Briefs editor in an upcoming issue The invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), has been known to attack a wide variety of agricultural crops. After seeing field evidence that the armyworm was not a threat to some crops, Volp et al. sought to clarify which crops truly served as preferred host plants. Their research on oviposition behavior, neonate silking behavior, and larval performance revealed that maize was the armyworm’s preferred crop, while pigeon pea and cotton were the least preferred. Volp, T.M., M.P. Zalucki, and M.J. Furlong. 2022. What defines a host? Oviposition behavior and larval performance of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on five putative host plants. Journal of Economic Entomology 115(6): 1744–1751. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toac056