Spodoptera mauritia

Spodoptera mauritia
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

The Lawn Armyworm (Spodoptera mauritia) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. 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 Cynodon, Pennisetum clandestinum, Sorghum bicolor, Oryza sativa as well as Casuarina equisetifolia. They are considered an international agricultural pest on crops and pastures.

Subspecies

• Spodoptera mauritia mauritia (Indian Ocean)
• Spodoptera mauritia acronyctoides Guenée, 1852 (Oriental Tropics, Australia, Pacific Tropics, Japan)

External links

• Species info
• Australian Insects
• Insects of Hawaii. Volume 7, Macrolepidoptera

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