''Spodoptera pecten'' is a

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of the family

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found from the Indo-Australian tropics to

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. It has also been recorded from

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and

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. The larvae feed on various grasses, but have also been recorded feeding on the seeds of '' Shorea curtisii''. The fully grown larva is brownish or greenish grey with paler dorsal and subdorsal stripes, the latter edged above with black lunules. There is a pale spiracular stripe edged above by purple. Pupation takes place in the soil in a slight earthen cocoon.

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Moths of Borneo
Spodoptera Moths described in 1852 Moths of Japan Taxa named by Achille Guenée {{Caradrinini-stub

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