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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Xyleninae » Prodeniini » Armyworms (Spodoptera) » Velvet Armyworm Moth - Hodges#9670 (Spodoptera latifascia)

Species Spodoptera latifascia - Velvet Armyworm Moth - Hodges#9670

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · See Also · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Xyleninae
Tribe Prodeniini
Genus Spodoptera (Armyworms)
Species latifascia (Velvet Armyworm Moth - Hodges#9670)
Hodges Number
9670
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spodoptera variolosa (Walker, 1857)
Size
wingspan about 42 mm (based on specimen by Jim Vargo at MPG)
Range
southern United States to Central America
Food
larvae feed on leaves of low plants and garden crops such as tomato and eggplant
See Also
see illustrated key to Spodoptera by Pierre Zagatti
also compare adult images of this and several related species by Jim Vargo at MPG
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - Images of live adults by Machele White, Florida, plus common name reference
Moths of Maryland - Image of live adult from Texas
Moths of the Grenadines - Image of pinned adults; male/female side by side
All-Leps - 20 images of pinned adults plus map of collection points in Costa Rica
Lepidoptera of the French Antilles - Images of pinned adult male and female
Contributed by J.D. Roberts on 3 August, 2007 - 1:28pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 5 January, 2008 - 12:43pm

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