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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Prodeniini » Armyworm Moths (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 · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References
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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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