Spodoptera
Encyclopedia
Spodoptera is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms.
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms.
Species include:
- Spodoptera abyssinia Guenée, 1852
- Spodoptera albulaSpodoptera albulaThe Unbarred Spodoptera Moth or Gray-streaked Armywom Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the southern United States, south to South America....
(Walker, 1857) (alternative spelling Spodoptera albulum) - Spodoptera androgea (Stoll, [1782])
- Spodoptera angulata (Gaede, 1935)
- Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)
- Spodoptera ciliumSpodoptera ciliumSpodoptera 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 has been recorded at least nine times...
– Lawn Armyworm Guenée, 1852 - Spodoptera compta (Walker, 1869)
- Spodoptera connexa (Wileman, 1914)
- Spodoptera depravata (Butler, 1879)
- Spodoptera dolichosSpodoptera dolichosThe Dolichos Armyworm Moth or Sweetpotato Armyworm Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the southern United States , south through Costa Rica to South America, as far south as Argentina...
(Fabricius, 1794) - Spodoptera eridaniaSpodoptera eridaniaThe Southern Armyworm is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America , through the Caribbean and Central America into South America .The wingspan is 33–38 mm...
– Southern Armyworm (Stoll, 1782) - Spodoptera evanida SchausWilliam SchausWilliam Schaus was an American entomologist.-Life:William was son of William Schaus, Sr., a German-immigrant art collector and dealer, proprietor of the Schaus Galleries, and of Margaret Connover....
, 1914 - Spodoptera excelsa Rougeot & Laporte, 1983
- Spodoptera exemptaAfrican armywormThe African armyworm , Spodoptera exempta , also called okalombo or Kommandowurm or nutgrass armyworm, is an African moth. It is a very deleterious pest, capable of destroying entire crops in a matter of weeks...
– African Armyworm (Walker, [1857]) - Spodoptera exiguaBeet armywormThe Beet Armyworm or Small Mottled Willow Moth is one of the best-known agricultural pest insects. It is also known as the asparagus fern caterpillar, and the adult moth is known in the UK as the small mottled willow...
– Beet Armyworm (Hübner, [1808]) - Spodoptera fasciculata (Berio, 1973)
- Spodoptera frugiperdaArmy wormThe Fall Armyworm is part of the order of Lepidoptera and is the caterpillar life stage of a moth. It is regarded as a pest and can wreak havoc with crops if left to multiply. Its name is derived from its feeding habits...
– Fall Armyworm (Smith, 1797) - Spodoptera hipparis (Druce, 1889)
- Spodoptera latifasciaSpodoptera latifasciaThe Lateral Lined Armyworm, Garden Armyworm or Velvet Armyworm is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Central America and the Antilles into North America...
– Velvet Armyworm (Walker, 1856) - Spodoptera littoralisSpodoptera littoralisSpodoptera littoralis, the African Cotton Leafworm or Egyptian Cotton Leafworm—also known as the Mediterranean Brocade in the UK—is a noctuid moth found widely in Africa and Mediterranean Europe. It has been recorded at least six times in the UK, either an immigrant or as an accidental import. It...
– African Cotton Leafworm (Boisduval, 1833) - Spodoptera lituraSpodoptera lituraOriental Leafworm Moth Spodoptera litura is a Noctuid moth which is considered as an agricultural pest. It is also known as the Cluster caterpillar, Cotton leafworm, Tobacco cutworm, and Tropical armyworm. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics...
– Oriental Leafworm Moth (Fabricius, 1775) - Spodoptera malagasy Viette, 1967
- Spodoptera marima (Schaus, 1904)
- Spodoptera mauritiaSpodoptera mauritiaThe Lawn Armyworm is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is widespread from the Red Sea to India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaya to...
(Boisduval, 1833) - Spodoptera ochrea (Hampson, 1909)
- Spodoptera ornithogalliSpodoptera ornithogalliThe Yellowstriped Armyworm or Cotton Cutworm is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Saint Kitts, Dominica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica. In North America it is found from California to Florida plus the eastern states, west to Kansas,...
– Yellow-Striped Armyworm (Guenée, 1852) - Spodoptera pectenSpodoptera pectenSpodoptera pecten is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is from the Indo-Australian tropics to New Guinea. It has also been recorded from Japan and Hawaii....
Guenée, 1852 - Spodoptera pectinicornisSpodoptera pectinicornisThe Waterlettuce Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is native to Asia, where it can be found from the North-eastern parts of the Himalaya to Sundaland and in New Guinea...
– Water-Lettuce Moth (Hampson, 1895) - Spodoptera peruvianaSpodoptera peruvianaSpodoptera peruviana is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found South America, including Peru....
(Walker, 1865) - Spodoptera picta (Guérin-Méneville, [1838])
- Spodoptera praeficaSpodoptera praeficaThe Western Yellowstriped Armyworm is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from British Columbia to California, east to Utah, north to Alberta.The wingspan is 35-40 mm...
(Grote, 1875) - Spodoptera pulchella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
- Spodoptera roseae (Schaus, 1923)
- Spodoptera semiluna (Hampson, 1909)
- Spodoptera teferii Laporte, 194
- Spodoptera triturata (Walker, [1857])
- Spodoptera umbraculataSpodoptera umbraculataSpodoptera umbraculata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland.The larvae feed on Poaceae species.-External links:*...
(Walker, 1858)