Spodoptera pulchella

Spodoptera pulchella, the Caribbean armyworm moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae found in Florida and Texas,[2] Central America, the Greater Antilles, and the Bahamas.[3] It was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868.

Caribbean armyworm moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Spodoptera
Species:
S. pulchella
Binomial name
Spodoptera pulchella
Synonyms
  • Laphygma pulchella Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
  • Prodenia pulchella
  • Prodenia exquisita Möschler, 1886

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults have a distinctive curved white line along the posterior margin of the forewing.[4]

References
  1. Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 29, 2012.
  2. "932218.00 – 9668 – Spodoptera pulchella – Caribbean Armyworm Moth – (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  3. Moths of Jamaica
  4. Dennehy, Paul (November 11, 2017). "Species Spodoptera pulchella - Caribbean Armyworm Moth - Hodges#9668". BugGuide. Retrieved December 3, 2018.


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