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Spodoptera pulchella

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Caribbean armyworm moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Spodoptera
Species:
S. pulchella
Binomial name
Spodoptera pulchella
Synonyms
  • Laphygma pulchella Herrich-Schaffer, 1868
  • Prodenia pulchella
  • Prodenia exquisita Möschler, 1886

Spodoptera pulchella, the Caribbean armyworm moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae found in Florida and Texas,[2] Central America, the Greater Antilles, and the Bahamas.[3]

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults have a distinctive curved white line along the posterior margin of the forewing.[4]

References

  1. ^ The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schaffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ^ Moths of Jamaica
  4. ^ Bug Guide


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