Spodoptera


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.

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.

Species

Spodoptera abyssinia Guenée, 1852Spodoptera albula Spodoptera androgea Spodoptera angulata Spodoptera apertura Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852 – grasslawn armywormSpodoptera compta Spodoptera connexa Spodoptera depravata Spodoptera dolichos – sweet potato armywormSpodoptera eridania – southern armywormSpodoptera evanida Schaus, 1914Spodoptera excelsa Rougeot & Laporte, 1983Spodoptera exempta – African armywormSpodoptera exigua – beet armywormSpodoptera fasciculata Spodoptera frugiperda – fall armywormSpodoptera hipparis Spodoptera latifascia – velvet armywormSpodoptera littoralis – African cotton leafwormSpodoptera litura – Oriental leafworm mothSpodoptera malagasy Viette, 1967Spodoptera marima syn. S. ornithogalli belowSpodoptera mauritia – lawn armywormSpodoptera ochrea Spodoptera ornithogalli – yellow-striped armywormSpodoptera pecten Guenée, 1852Spodoptera pectinicornis – water-lettuce mothSpodoptera peruviana Spodoptera picta Spodoptera praefica – western yellowstriped armywormSpodoptera pulchella – Caribbean armywormSpodoptera roseae Spodoptera semiluna Spodoptera sebastian Spodoptera teferii Laporte, 194Spodoptera triturata