Spodoptera latifascia
Spodoptera latifascia, commonly known as the lateral-lined armyworm, garden armyworm, or velvet armyworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae found from Central America and the Antilles into North America (from Texas to Florida). Previously S. cosmioides, was treated as a synonym S. latifascia however it was restored as a valid species in Pogue (2002).[1]
| Spodoptera latifascia | |
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| Caterpillar | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Spodoptera |
| Species: | S. latifascia |
| Binomial name | |
| Spodoptera latifascia Walker, 1856 | |
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The wingspan is about 42 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various low-growing plants and garden crops such as tomato and eggplant. They are sometimes mistaken for a color variety of the yellow-striped armyworm.
References
- Pogue, Michael (2002). "A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée: (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). no. 43". American Entomological Society.
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