Spodoptera mauritia

Lawn armyworm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Spodoptera
Species: S. mauritia
Binomial name
Spodoptera mauritia
(Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Hadena mauritia Boisduval, 1833
  • Agrotis aliena Walker, 1865
  • Laphygma gratiosa Walker, 1865
  • Orthosia margarita Hawthorne, 1897
  • Agrotis yernauxi Hulstaert, 1924
  • Spodoptera acronyctoides Guenée, 1852
  • Spodoptera acronyctiformis Guenée, 1852
  • Spodoptera filum Guenée, 1852
  • Spodoptera nubes Guenée, 1852
  • Euxoa ogasawarensis Matsumura, 1926
  • Prodenia infecta Walker, 1856
  • Prodenia insignata Walker, 1856
  • Prodenia permunda Walker, 1857
  • Agrotis transducta Walker, [1857]
  • Agrotis bisignata Walker, 1865 (preocc. Celaena bisignata Walker, 1865)
  • Laphygma squalida Walker, 1865
  • Agrotis submarginalis Walker, 1865
  • Hadena obliqua Walker, 1865
  • Prodenia venustula Walker, 1865
  • Hermonassa formosana Matsumura, 1913

Spodoptera mauritia, the lawn armyworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is widespread from the Red Sea to India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaya to Australia and widespread in the Pacific Islands, including the Solomons, New Hebrides, Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, the Society Islands, Austral Islands, Marquesas and Marshall Islands.

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

The larvae feed on various grasses, including rice,[1] wheat[2] Cynodon, Pennisetum clandestinum, Sorghum bicolor, Oryza sativa, and Casuarina equisetifolia. They are considered one of the major international agricultural pests on crops and pastures.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Saritha Pujari (2015-10-28). "Rice Swarming Caterpillar (Spodoptera Mauritia): Life Cycle, Nature and Control". Yourarticlelibrary.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  2. ↑ "armyworm (Spodoptera mauritia acronyctoides)". Plantwise.org. Retrieved 2015-11-29.

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