Spodoptera frugiperda

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Family Noctuidae

'The Noctuids are members of the Superfamily Noctuoidea. Worldwide in distribution, this family is the largest in the Lepidoptera and has approximately 20,000 species. About 2,900 of these are found in North America, and there is wide variation in appearance and behavior. Most moths are gray to brown in color and have line or spots on their wings. Some species are brightly colored . They are small to large in size, and most species are medium-sized with wingspans 2 - 4.5 cm. When at rest, adults of most species hold their wings above their bodies like a roof. Noctuids are typically nocturnal , though some species are diurnal . Most larvae feed on plant foliage , dead leaves, lichens, and fungi; many are serious forest pests. Some species are leaf miners, others are stem- or leaf-borers, and still others feed at night on plant shoots. Noctuid moths pupate in cells in soil, in plant cavities, or in silk cocoons .

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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Spodoptera

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. albula (Unbarred Spodoptera) · S. dolichos (Sweetpotato Armyworm Moth) · S. eridania (Southern Armyworm) · S. eudiopta (Beet Armyworm) · S. exigua (Small Mottled Willow Moth) · S. frugiperda (Fall Armyworm) · S. latifascia (Velvet Armyworm Moth) · S. littoralis (Egyptian Cotton Leafworm) · S. mauritia (Lawn Armyworm) · S. mauritia acronyctoides (Lawn Armyworm) · S. ornithogalli (Yellowstripe Armyworm) · S. pectinicornis (Waterlettuce Moth) · S. praefica (Western Yellowstriped Armyworm)

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Further Reading

• A new nematode parasite of mole crickets: its taxonomy, biology and potential for biological control / by Khuong Ba Nguyen. 1988. url p. 114, p. 122.
• Catalog of hymenoptera in America north of Mexico / prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein. .. [et al.]. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979- url , p. 180, p. 181, p. 231, p. 251, p. 282, p. 284, p. 652, p. 653, p. 676, p. 683, p. 708, p. 868, p. 977.
• Chemical interactions among milkweed plants (asclepiadaceae) and lepidopteran herbivores / by James A. Cohen. 1983. url , p. 28, p. 92.
• Cooperative economic insect report. Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. url , , , p. 10, p. 101, p. 101, p. 1011, p. 1028, p. 1028, p. 1029, p. 1037, p. 1040, p. 1042, p. 1044, p. 1048, p. 1051, p. 1053, p. 1059, p. 106, p. 1061, p. 1079, p. 110, p. 1101, p. 1101, p. 1107, p. 1114, p. 1116, p. 1116, p. 114, p. 114, p. 1148, p. 115, p. 1155, p. 116, p. 1183, p. 12, p. 12, p. 1203, p. 1219, p. 124, p. 1251, p. 1254, p. 1264, p. 1269, p. 1299, p. 13, p. 130, p. 1317, p. 132, p. 132, p. 135, p. 135, p. 138, p. 139, p. 143, p. 144, p. 146, p. 150, p. 153, p. 153, p. 156, p. 156, p. 156, p. 162, p. 163, p. 167, p. 168, p. 175, p. 181, p. 187, p. 19, p. 19, p. 19, p. 196, p. 20, p. 20, p. 201, p. 205, p. 21, p. 213, p. 213, p. 226, p. 239, p. 24, p. 243, p. 250, p. 252, p. 255, p. 27, p. 271, p. 277, p. 296, p. 299, p. 317, p. 336, p. 35, p. 355, p. 360, p. 361, p. 361, p. 37, p. 380, p. 40, p. 405, p. 421, p. 436, p. 438, p. 443, p. 45, p. 456, p. 463, p. 476, p. 478, p. 481, p. 483, p. 488, p. 493, p. 497, p. 498, p. 507, p. 508, p. 509, p. 514, p. 521, p. 523, p. 524, p. 527, p. 530, p. 531, p. 532, p. 533, p. 535, p. 539, p. 541, p. 542, p. 544, p. 551, p. 553, p. 554, p. 555, p. 556, p. 557, p. 557, p. 557, p. 561, p. 563, p. 567, p. 571, p. 572, p. 573, p. 574, p. 575, p. 575, p. 578, p. 583, p. 585, p. 591, p. 593, p. 594, p. 595, p. 596, p. 597, p. 598, p. 599, p. 599, p. 6, p. 60, p. 600, p. 601, p. 602, p. 606, p. 611, p. 612, p. 613, p. 614, p. 615, p. 615, p. 615, p. 615, p. 618, p. 619, p. 620, p. 623, p. 623, p. 629, p. 630, p. 631, p. 633, p. 635, p. 635, p. 637, p. 637, p. 638, p. 639, p. 640, p. 640, p. 641, p. 643, p. 644, p. 645, p. 647, p. 648, p. 648, p. 649, p. 650, p. 652, p. 654, p. 655, p. 656, p. 656, p. 657, p. 659, p. 659, p. 660, p. 661, p. 663, p. 667, p. 668, p. 668, p. 669, p. 670, p. 670, p. 670, p. 671, p. 671, p. 673, p. 677, p. 678, p. 679, p. 680, p. 681, p. 682, p. 683, p. 684, p. 684, p. 684, p. 685, p. 691, p. 693, p. 694, p. 694, p. 696, p. 697, p. 697, p. 697, p. 699, p. 699, p. 699, p. 7, p. 700, p. 701, p. 702, p. 702, p. 705, p. 706, p. 706, p. 709, p. 710, p. 710, p. 711, p. 712, p. 715, p. 715, p. 716, p. 716, p. 718, p. 718, p. 719, p. 719, p. 719, p. 720, p. 720, p. 721, p. 721, p. 722, p. 723, p. 724, p. 725, p. 726, p. 726, p. 729, p. 730, p. 734, p. 735, p. 735, p. 737, p. 737, p. 737, p. 738, p. 738, p. 738, p. 739, p. 739, p. 740, p. 740, p. 740, p. 740, p. 741, p. 741, p. 742, p. 742, p. 744, p. 745, p. 750, p. 750, p. 751, p. 753, p. 753, p. 754, p. 755, p. 756, p. 757, p. 759, p. 760, p. 762, p. 763, p. 768, p. 769, p. 777, p. 778, p. 779, p. 779, p. 780, p. 781, p. 783, p. 783, p. 784, p. 784, p. 784, p. 786, p. 787, p. 790, p. 791, p. 792, p. 793, p. 8, p. 801, p. 801, p. 802, p. 805, p. 806, p. 806, p. 807, p. 808, p. 808, p. 810, p. 810, p. 810, p. 812, p. 814, p. 819, p. 825, p. 825, p. 826, p. 826, p. 827, p. 829, p. 829, p. 830, p. 830, p. 831, p. 832, p. 832, p. 833, p. 834, p. 837, p. 837, p. 838, p. 845, p. 845, p. 849, p. 850, p. 857, p. 858, p. 859, p. 86, p. 867, p. 869, p. 872, p. 876, p. 877, p. 885, p. 889, p. 890, p. 9, p. 900, p. 903, p. 906, p. 906, p. 907, p. 916, p. 917, p. 919, p. 92, p. 92, p. 922, p. 923, p. 929, p. 936, p. 937, p. 942, p. 943, p. 95, p. 95, p. 956, p. 956, p. 957, p. 958, p. 96, p. 969, p. 970, p. 971, p. 972, p. 972, p. 979, p. 98, p. 988, p. 989, p. 99.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url , p. 205, p. 22, p. 347, p. 78, p. 79.
• First report on economic zoology / by Fred. V. Theobald. London: British Museum (Natural History), 1903. url p. 141.
• Foraging selectivity in adult butterflies: morphological, ecological, and physiological factors affecting flower choice / by Peter Gregory May. 1985. url p. 170.
• Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico: synoptic catalog, second supplement / prepared by the staff and collaborators of the Hymenoptera Unit, Insect Identification and Parasite Introduction Research Branch, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, under the Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1967. url p. 203.
• Insect attractants and traps / Urbana, Ill.: Office of Agricultural Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, [1990]. url p. 12.
• Journal of Hymenoptera research. 10 Washington, D.C.: International Society of Hymenopterists, [1992- url p. 197, p. 2.
• Journal of ethnobiology. 3-5 1983-1985 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 67.
• Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. Philadelphia, American Entomological Society, 1916- url p. 1, p. 101, p. 103, p. 105, p. 108, p. 140, p. 152, p. 168, p. 174, p. 181, p. 20, p. 22, p. 28, p. 30, p. 4, p. 40, p. 69.
• On a collection of butterflies. London, 1880-98 url p. 666.
• Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url p. 93, p. 95.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 160, p. 174, p. 176.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 106, p. 139, p. 16, p. 190, p. 207, p. 26, p. 28, p. 626, p. 664.
• Quality control of mass-reared lepidoptera using the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), as a model / by William Randolph Fisher. 1983. url , p. 167, p. 46.
• Soybean insects: identification and management in Illinois / Marcos Kogan, Donald E. Kuhlman. Urbana, Ill.: Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, [1982] url p. 32.
• The literature of arthropods associated with soybeans: IV, a bibliography of the velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis Hubner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) / B.J. Ford and others. Urbana, Ill.: Illinois Natural History Survey, 1975. url p. 6.
• The role of sex pheromones in the reproductive isolation of Heliothis species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) / by Peter Edmund Allan Teal. 1981. url p. 126.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 16, 2008:

• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-269238.0
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 117472
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 442663

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=34&sci=Noctuidae&com=Owlet Moths, Miller Moths [back]

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