''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as

pest Pest or The Pest may refer to: Science and medicine * Pest (organism), an animal or plant deemed to be detrimental to humans or human concerns ** Weed, a plant considered undesirable * Infectious disease, an illness resulting from an infection ** ...

insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents.

Description

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Euplexia ''Euplexia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of ...

'', 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

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Spodoptera abyssinia ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents. Descrip ...

'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Spodoptera albula'' (Walker, 1857) (orth. var. ''S. albulum'') * ''

Spodoptera androgea ''Spodoptera androgea'', the androgea armyworm moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controve ...

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Spodoptera angulata ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents. Descrip ...

'' (Gaede, 1935) * ''

Spodoptera apertura ''Spodoptera apertura'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is known from China, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Madagascar and Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Austra ...

'' (Walker, 1865) * ''

Spodoptera cilium ''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 ...

'' Guenée, 1852 – grasslawn armyworm * ''

Spodoptera compta ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents. Descrip ...

'' (Walker, 1869) * ''

Spodoptera connexa ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents. Descrip ...

'' (Wileman, 1914) * ''

Spodoptera depravata ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents. Descri ...

'' (Butler, 1879) * ''

Spodoptera dolichos ''Spodoptera dolichos'', the dolichos armyworm moth or sweetpotato armyworm moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found from the southern United States (including Ala ...

'' (Fabricius, 1794) – sweet potato armyworm * ''

Spodoptera eridania ''Spodoptera eridania'' (southern armyworm) is a moth that is known to be a pest. They are one of the most important defoliators in the tropical and subtropical regions of the western hemisphere that feed heavily on plants while they are young, o ...

'' (Cramer) – southern armyworm * ''

Spodoptera evanida ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents. Descrip ...

'' Schaus, 1914 * ''

Spodoptera excelsa ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents. Descri ...

'' Rougeot & Laporte, 1983 * ''

Spodoptera exempta The African armyworm (''Spodoptera exempta''), also called ''okalombo'', ''kommandowurm'', or nutgrass armyworm, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. The larvae often exhibit marching behavior when traveling to feeding sites, leading t ...

'' (Walker, 857 – African armyworm * ''

Spodoptera exigua The beet armyworm or small mottled willow moth (''Spodoptera exigua'') is one of the best-known agriculture, agricultural pest insects. It is also known as the asparagus fern caterpillar. It is native to Asia, but has been introduced Cosmopolitan ...

'' (Hübner, 808 – beet armyworm * ''

Spodoptera fasciculata ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents. Descri ...

'' (Berio, 1973) * '' Spodoptera frugiperda'' (Smith, 1797) – fall armyworm * ''

Spodoptera hipparis ''Spodoptera hipparis'' is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Spodoptera hipparis'' is 9674. References Further reading * * * Spodoptera Article ...

'' (Druce, 1889) * ''

Spodoptera latifascia ''Spodoptera latifascia'', commonly known as the lateral-lined armyworm, garden armyworm, or velvet armyworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae found from Central America and the Antilles into North America (from Texas to Florida). Descript ...

'' (Walker, 1856) – velvet armyworm * '' Spodoptera littoralis'' (Boisduval, 1833) – African cotton leafworm * '' Spodoptera litura'' (Fabricius, 1775) – Oriental leafworm moth * ''

Spodoptera malagasy ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents. Descrip ...

'' Viette, 1967 * ''Spodoptera marima'' (Schaus, 1904) syn. ''S. ornithogalli'' below * ''

Spodoptera mauritia ''Spodoptera mauritia'', the lawn armyworm or paddy swarming caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. Able to eat many types of food, it is a major pest throughout the w ...

'' (Boisduval, 1833) – lawn armyworm * ''

Spodoptera ochrea ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae Species description, erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as Pest (organism), pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distrib ...

'' (Hampson, 1909) * ''

Spodoptera ornithogalli ''Spodoptera ornithogalli'' (yellow-striped armyworm, cotton cutworm) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. When first discovered this particular species was thought to be the American representative of ''Spodoptera littoralis, S. littoralis'' as t ...

'' (Guenée, 1852) – yellow-striped armyworm * ''

Spodoptera pecten ''Spodoptera pecten'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae found from the Indo-Australian tropics to New Guinea. It has also been recorded from Japan and Hawaii. The larvae feed on various grasses, but have also been recorded feeding on the seeds ...

'' Guenée, 1852 * ''

Spodoptera pectinicornis ''Spodoptera pectinicornis'' (waterlettuce moth) is a moth of the family Noctuidae native to Asia, where it can be found from the northeastern parts of the Himalaya to Sundaland and in New Guinea. It has been introduced as a biocontrol agent of ...

'' (Hampson, 1895) – water-lettuce moth * ''

Spodoptera peruviana ''Spodoptera peruviana'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because ma ...

'' (Walker, 1865) * ''

Spodoptera picta ''Spodoptera picta'', the lily caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1838. It is found in from India, South-east Asia and Japan through Indonesia and the western part of South ...

'' (Guérin-Méneville,

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Spodoptera praefica ''Spodoptera praefica'', the western yellow-striped armyworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae found from British Columbia to California, east to Utah, and north to Alberta. it is absent from the EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protecti ...

'' (Grote, 1875) – western yellowstriped armyworm * ''

Spodoptera pulchella ''Spodoptera pulchella'', the Caribbean armyworm moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae found in Florida and Texas, Central America, the Greater Antilles, and the Bahamas. It was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in ...

'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868) – Caribbean armyworm * ''

Spodoptera roseae ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents. Descrip ...

'' (Schaus, 1923) * ''

Spodoptera semiluna ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents. Descr ...

'' (Hampson, 1909) * ''

Spodoptera teferii ''Spodoptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents. Descrip ...

'' Laporte, 194 * ''

Spodoptera triturata ''Spodoptera triturata'', the lawn worm, is an Afrotropical moth of the family Noctuidae found in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and South Africa. See also * African armyworm The African armyworm (''Spodoptera exemp ...

'' (Walker, 857 * ''

Spodoptera umbraculata ''Spodoptera umbraculata'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae endemic to New South Wales and Queensland. The larvae feed on grasses. See also * African armyworm The African armyworm (''Spodoptera exempta''), also called ''okalombo'', ''kom ...

'' (Walker, 1858)

References

External links

* * Caradrinini Taxa named by Achille Guenée Insect pests of millets {{Caradrinini-stub