Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Spodoptera cilium | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Spodoptera Rank Species | |
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Similar Agrotis spinifera, Aporophyla australis, Polymixis, Leucochlaena oditis, Lithophane consocia | ||
Spodoptera cilium, known variously as dark mottled willow, lawn caterpillar and grasslawn armyworm, is a noctuid moth found throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and western, southern, and south-east Asia and several countries in southern and eastern Europe. It is a migrant to northern Europe and has been recorded at least nine times in the United Kingdom.
The larva feeds on Oryza. It is sometimes a pest.
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