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Species Spodoptera latifascia - Velvet Armyworm Moth - Hodges#9670

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Velvet Armyworm Moth - Spodoptera latifascia

Spodoptera latifascia

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Prodeniini

Genus Spodoptera (Armyworm Moths)

Species latifascia (Velvet Armyworm Moth - Hodges#9670)

Hodges Number

9670

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Spodoptera variolosa (Walker)

Orig. Comb: Prodenia variolosa Walker 1857

Size

WS ≈ 42 mm (based on specimen by Jim Vargo at MPG)

Range

se US to C. Amer. / W. Indies - Map (MPG)

Season

present year round in FL - MPG

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

Fall Armyworm Moth - BugGuide

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Moths of Maryland - Image of live adult from Texas

Lepidoptera of the French Antilles - Images of pinned adult male and female

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 3 August, 2007 - 1:28pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 1 October, 2021 - 8:47am

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