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Species Spodoptera eridania - Southern Armyworm Moth - Hodges#9672

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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 eridania (Southern Armyworm Moth - Hodges#9672)
Hodges Number
9672
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spodoptera eridania (Stoll),
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 11 species of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)
Identification
Range
Native to the American tropics, widely distributed in Central and South America and the Caribbean. In the United States, found principally in southeastern states; extending as far west as Kansas and New Mexico. Also reported from California.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
University of Florida Featured Creatures
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 29 July, 2006 - 1:03pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Jeff Hollenbeck, Maury Heiman
Last updated 23 March, 2014 - 11:22pm

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