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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Hadeninae

Higher classification
  
Caradrinini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Noctuidae

Scientific name
  
Spodoptera

Rank
  
genus

Spodoptera Spodoptera litura

Lower classifications
  
Fall armyworm, Beet armyworm, Spodoptera littoralis, Spodoptera eridania, African armyworm

Spodoptera litura on blackgram in bangladesh


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.

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Spodoptera Insect Pests

Spodoptera


Description

Spodoptera southern armyworm Spodoptera eridania Stoll

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 Insect Pests

  • 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)
  • 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 teferii Laporte, 194
  • Spodoptera triturata (Walker, [1857])
  • Spodoptera umbraculata (Walker, 1858)

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    Spodoptera Insect Pests

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    References

    Spodoptera Wikipedia
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