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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)

Genus Spodoptera - Armyworm Moths

Classification · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
caterpillars on tomato leaves - Spodoptera eridania Spodoptera ornithogalli? - Spodoptera ornithogalli cat on tomato - Spodoptera eridania Moth - Spodoptera frugiperda Spodoptera frugiperda on Sudan Grass - Spodoptera frugiperda Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth caterpillar - Spodoptera ornithogalli 9048408 moth - Spodoptera ornithogalli caterpillar - Spodoptera
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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)
Other Common Names
Armyworms (larva)
Pronunciation
SPO-dop-TAIR-ə
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 11 species of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1), 9 spp. in e. NA (2)
Range
throughout United States and southern Canada
Food
widely polyphagus, consuming a sweeping variety of grasses, herbs, and less frequently, woody plants (2)
Remarks
The Armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta) is placed in subfamily Hadeninae.
Print References
Heppner, J.B., 1998. Spodoptera armyworms in Florida (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Florida Dept. of Agriculture Entomology Circular 390: 1-5. (3)
Pogue, M.G., 2002. A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 43: 1-201. (4)
Internet References
pinned adult images of four species occurring in Canada (CBIF)
distribution in Canada list of provinces (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)
Color identification of economically important Spodoptera larvae in Honduras - Insecta Mundi (2.75Mb)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
3.Spodoptera armyworms in Florida (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
J. B. Heppner. 1998. Florida Dept. of Agriculture Entomology Circular 390: 1-5.
4. A world revision of the genus Spodoptera (Guenée) Lepidoptera: Noctuidae
Michael G. Pogue. 2002. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 43: 1-201.
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 21 August, 2004 - 9:49am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Lynette Elliott, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, PaleoJon
Last updated 29 March, 2023 - 8:00am

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