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Spodoptera
fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)
Spodoptera mauritia
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Spodoptera

Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Calogramma Guenée, 1852
  • Douzdrina de Laever, 1985
  • Laphygma Guenée, 1852
  • Prodenia Guenée, 1852
  • Rusidrina Staudinger, 1892

Spodoptera is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly 30 species are distributed across six continents.[1][2]

Species include:

References

  1. ^ Nagoshi, R. N., et al. (2011). Use of DNA barcodes to identify invasive armyworm Spodoptera species in Florida. Journal of Insect Science 11 154.
  2. ^ Meagher, R. L., et al. (2008). Monitoring for exotic Spodoptera species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Florida. Florida Entomologist 91(4), 517-22.