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Genus of moths
Spodoptera is a
genus of
moths of the family
Noctuidae
erected by
Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as
pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms . The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents.
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Description
No tufts behind collar as in
Euplexia , but only tufts present on metathorax. Scales much smoother. Abdominal tufts slight. Fore tibial tufts are very developed. Cilia slightly crenulated. Antennae almost simple.
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Species
Spodoptera abyssinia Guenée, 1852
Spodoptera albula (Walker, 1857) (orth. var. S. albulum )
Spodoptera androgea (Stoll, [1782])
Spodoptera angulata (Gaede, 1935)
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)
Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852 – grasslawn armyworm
Spodoptera compta (Walker, 1869)
Spodoptera connexa (Wileman, 1914)
Spodoptera depravata (Butler, 1879)
Spodoptera dolichos (Fabricius, 1794) – sweet potato armyworm
Spodoptera eridania (Cramer) – southern armyworm
Spodoptera evanida
Schaus , 1914
Spodoptera excelsa Rougeot & Laporte, 1983
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, [1857]) – African armyworm
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, [1808]) – beet armyworm
Spodoptera fasciculata (Berio, 1973)
Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797) – fall armyworm
Spodoptera hipparis (Druce, 1889)
Spodoptera latifascia (Walker, 1856) – velvet armyworm
Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) – African cotton leafworm
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775) – Oriental leafworm moth
Spodoptera malagasy Viette, 1967
Spodoptera marima (Schaus, 1904) syn. S. ornithogalli below
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Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) – lawn armyworm
Spodoptera ochrea (Hampson, 1909)
Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée, 1852) – yellow-striped armyworm
Spodoptera pecten Guenée, 1852
Spodoptera pectinicornis (Hampson, 1895) – water-lettuce moth
Spodoptera peruviana (Walker, 1865)
Spodoptera picta (Guérin-Méneville, [1838])
Spodoptera praefica (Grote, 1875) – western yellowstriped armyworm
Spodoptera pulchella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868) – Caribbean armyworm
Spodoptera roseae (Schaus, 1923)
Spodoptera semiluna (Hampson, 1909)
Spodoptera sebastian (Swanson-Knope, 1919)
Spodoptera teferii Laporte, 194
Spodoptera triturata (Walker, [1857])
Spodoptera umbraculata (Walker, 1858)
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