Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Noctuoidea Noctuidae Xyleninae

769x513 (~82Kb) Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko

The exact identification of this species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

• Spodoptera albula (Walker, 1857) Florida, S.Texas, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay. See [maps]

  • Xylina albula Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 629; TL: Dominican Republic, St. Domingo; Honduras
    • = Xylomyges sunia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 274
  • Laphygma orbicularis Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 719 (preocc. Caradrina orbicularis Walker, [1857]); TL: St. Domingo
    • = Xylomyges sunia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 274
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 59
  • Laphygma caudata Walker, 1869; Characters undescr. Lepid. Heterocera: 32
    • = Xylomyges sunia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 274
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 59

  • Laphygma orbicularis; Godman & Salvin, 1889, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 267
  • Spodoptera albula; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 59, 106; [NACL93], #2224; Cock, 2017, Insecta Mundi 585: 48; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
  • Spodoptera albulum; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 21, f. 23
  • Xylina albula; Godman & Salvin, 1889, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 296

  Larva on Amaranthus sp., ;

• Spodoptera androgea (Stoll, [1782]) S.Florida, Panama - Surinam, Jamaica, Antilles, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru. See [maps]

  • Phalaena androgea Stoll, [1782]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 42, pl. 310, f. D, (index) 247; TL: Surinam
  • Prodenia rubrifusa Hampson, 1909; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 240, f. 61; TL: Jamaica, Runaway Bay
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 73

  • Prodenia androgea; Godman & Salvin, 1889, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 269; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 244
  • Spodoptera androgea; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 73, 110; [NACL93], #2222; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865) Ethiopia, ..., Tropical Africa, Tropical Asia, Australia. See [maps]

  • Prodenia apertura Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 654; TL: Ceylon
  • Prodenia synstictis Hampson, 1896; Fauna Br. India (Moths) 4: 511; TL: Nilgiri; Ceylon
    • = Laphygma apertura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 260
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 52; [NE9], 56
  • Prodenia leucophlebia Hampson, 1902; Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 2 (10): 288 (preocc. Acrapex leucophlebia Hampson, 1894); TL: Natal, Karkloof
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 52; [NE9], 56
  • Laphygma connexa Wileman, 1914; Entomologist 47: 166; TL: Formosa, kanshirei
    • = ; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 52
  • Spodoptera teferii Laporte, 1984; Mém Mus. Hist. nat. Paris (A) 128: 29, pl. 8, f. 96; TL: Ethiopia, Koffole region
    • = ; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 52

  • Laphygma apertura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 260, f. 67
  • Laphygma leucophlebia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 259, pl. 128, f. 23
  • Spodoptera apertura; Brown & Dewhurst, 1975, Bul. Ent. Res. 65: 253; [POOLE]; Yoshimoto, 1994, Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 114, pl. 85, f. 33; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 52; [MOB12]: 135, pl. 4, f. 203; [AUCL]; [NE9], 56; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [MOB] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
  • Spodoptera connexa; [POOLE]; [NE9], 56; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Spodoptera leucophlebia; [iNaturalist]
  • Spodoptera teferii; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on (reared on) Nicotiana [MOB12]: 136

• Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852 SEU, Africa, Tropical Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, India. See [maps]

  • Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 156; TL: Java
    • = Spodoptera abyssinia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 254
  • Laphygma cycloides Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 157; TL: Cap de Bonne-Espérence
    • = Laphygma exigua; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 265
    • = Spodoptera exigua; [NACL], #9665
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 43; [NE9], 56
  • Spodoptera capicola Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]; Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (I) 1 (13-17): pl. 57, 1 (7): f. 131; TL: Cape
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 43; [NE9], 56
  • Caradrina latebrosa Lederer, 1855; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 5: 205, pl. 2, f. 11; TL: Cyprus
    • = Spodoptera abyssinia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 254
    • = ; [POOLE]; Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8: 183; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 43; [NE9], 56
  • Caradrina orbicularis Walker, [1857]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 10: 294; TL: South Africa
    • = Spodoptera abyssinia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 254
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 43; [NE9], 56
  • Caradrina praeterita Walker, [1857]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 10: 294; TL: South Africa
    • = Spodoptera abyssinia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 254
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 43; [NE9], 56
  • Caradrina insignata Walker, [1857]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 10: 295 (preocc. Prodenia insignata Walker, 1856)
    • = Spodoptera abyssinia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 254
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 43; [NE9], 56
  • Laphygma procedens Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 721; TL: Sierra Leone
    • = Spodoptera abyssinia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 254
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 43; [NE9], 56
  • Laphygma obliterans Walker, 1862; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1: 87; TL: Cape
    • = Spodoptera abyssinia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 254
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 43; [NE9], 56
  • Laphygma imperviata Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 651; TL: South Africa
    • = Spodoptera abyssinia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 254
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 43; [NE9], 56
  • Laphygma retrahens Walker, 1870; Entomologist 5 (80-81): 126; TL: Egypt, Mount Sinai
    • = Spodoptera abyssinia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 254
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 43; [NE9], 56
  • Spodoptera abyssinia var. europaea Fernandez, 1928; 215, f. 19; TL: [Spain] Murcia, Cazada
    • = Ariathisa abyssinia; [POOLE]
    • = ; [NE9], 56
  • Acronycta elegans Lucas, 1954; 35; TL: Tunisia, Sfax
    • = ; [Albert Legrain]

  • Acronicta elegans; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Athetis capicola; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 303
  • Spodoptera cilium latebrosa; [LepIndex]
  • Spodoptera cilium; Brown & Dewhurst, 1975, Bul. Ent. Res. 65: 251; [POOLE]; Yoshimoto, 1994, Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 114, pl. 85, f. 32; Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8: 183; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 42, 104; [MOB12]: 134, pl. 4, f. 204, 206; [NE9], 56; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE] ; [MOB]

  Larva on Oryza [MOB12]: 135

• Spodoptera compta (Walker, 1869) Peru. See [maps]

  • Laphygma compta Walker, 1869; Characters undescr. Lepid. Heterocera: 30; TL: Peru, Lima

  • Spodoptera compta; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 255, f. 65; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 56; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spodoptera cosmioides (Walker, 1858) Panama - Brazil, Argentina. See [maps]

  • Prodenia cosmioides Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1678; TL: Para
    • = Prodenia latifascia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 247
    • = Spodoptera latifascia; [NACL], #9670; [POOLE]

  • Spodoptera cosmiodes[sic, cosmioides]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 85
  • Spodoptera cosmioides; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spodoptera depravata (Butler, 1879) Japan, Korea, SE.Siberia. See [maps]

  • Agrotis depravata Butler, 1879; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 4 (23): 360; TL: Japan, near Yokohama
  • Rusidrina rasdolnia Staudinger, 1892; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 6: 491, pl. 7, f. 9; TL: Amur distr., Rasdolnaja
    • = Sidemia depravata; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 507
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 45; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Luperina inutilis Alphéraky, 1897; in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 9: 171, pl. 12, f. 10; TL: Korea
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 45; [RFEL]
  • Euxoa kaolina Bryk, 1948; 57; TL: Korea, Shuotsu
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 45; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]

  • Sidemia depravata; Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 437, pl. 118, f. 29
  • Sidemia inutilis; Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 436
  • Spodoptera depravata; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 45; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spodoptera descoinsi Lalanne-Cassou & Silvain, 1994 French Guiana, Peru. See [maps]

  • Spodoptera descoinsi Lalanne-Cassou & Silvain, 1994; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.) 30: 28; TL: French Guiana, route de Kaw, pK 45

  • Spodoptera descoinsi; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 87, 113; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spodoptera dolichos (Fabricius, 1794) New York - Florida - Texas - Costa Rica, Venezuela - Brazil, Paraguay, Cuba, Puerto Rico, .... See [maps]

  • Noctua dolichos Fabricius, 1794; 95; TL: "Americae Meridionalis"
  • Phalaena commelinae Smith, 1797; in Smith & Abbot, Nat. Hist. Rarer Lepid. Ins. Georgia 2: 189, pl. 95; TL: Georgia
    • = Prodenia dolichos; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 242
    • = ; [NACL], #9671; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 71
  • Phalaena marmorea Sepp, [1843]; Surinaam. Vlinders 2 (13): 109, pl. 51; TL: Surinam
    • = Prodenia androgea; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 244
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 71

  • Prodenia commelinae; Godman & Salvin, 1889, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 268
  • Prodenia dolichos; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 242, f. 62
  • Spodoptera dolichos; [NACL], #9671; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 22, f. 29; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 71, 109; [NACL93], #2221; Cock, 2017, Insecta Mundi 585: 48; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BAMONA] ; [SVF]
• Spodoptera eridania (Stoll, [1782]) Texas, Florida, NA.Georgia, West Indies, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, CA - Brazil (Amazonas, Rio de Janeiro, ...), Argentina. See [maps]

  • Phalaena eridania Stoll, [1782]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (29-31): 133, pl. 358, f. E, F, (index) 249
  • Nocua linea Fabricius, 1794; Ent. Syst. 3 (2): 106; TL: "Americae Meridionalis Insulis" [West Indies]
    • = Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272
    • = ; [NACL], #9672; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Phalaena phytolaccae Smith, 1797; in Smith & Abbot, Nat. Hist. Rarer Lepid. Ins. Georgia 2: 193, pl. 97; TL: Georgia
    • = Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272
    • = ; [NACL], #9672; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Xylomyges putrida Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 148; TL: Guadelope
    • = Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272
    • = ; [NACL], #9672; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Xylomyges amygia Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 149; TL: Brazil, Nova Friburgo
    • = Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272
    • = ; [NACL], #9672; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Leucania externa Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 114
    • = Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272
    • = ; [NACL], #9672; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Xylina bipunctata Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 629; TL: Brazil
    • = Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272
    • = ; [NACL], #9672; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Xylina inquieta Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 632
    • = Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272
    • = ; [NACL], #9672; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Prodenia strigifera Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1678; TL: Amazonas, Tefe
    • = Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272
    • = ; [NACL], #9672; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Laphygma peruviana Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 650; TL: Peru
    • = ; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Laphygma communicata Walker, 1869; Characters undescr. Lepid. Heterocera: 31; TL: Peru
    • = Xylomyges peruviana; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 273
    • = Spodoptera peruviana; [POOLE]
    • = ; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Actinotia derupta Morrison, 1875; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 27: 62; TL: Texas
    • = Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272
    • = ; [NACL], #9672; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Prodenia ignobilis Butler, 1878; Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1878: 485; TL: Jamaica, near Kingston
    • = Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272
    • = ; [NACL], #9672; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Leucania nigrofascia Hulst, 1881; Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 3 (9): 77; TL: Florida, Tallahassee
    • = Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272
    • = ; [NACL], #9672; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57
  • Callierges recondita Möschler, 1890; Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 16: 140; TL: Puerto Rico
    • = Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57

  • Spodoptera eridania; [NACL], #9672; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 57, 105; [NACL93], #2223; Cock, 2017, Insecta Mundi 585: 48; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BAMONA]
  • Spodoptera peruviana; [POOLE]; [iNaturalist]
  • Xylomyges eridania; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 272, f. 73
  • Xylomyges peruviana; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 273, pl. 128, f. 31
• Spodoptera evanida Schaus, 1914 French Guiana, Venzuela, Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas - Espirito Santo). See [maps]

  • Spodoptera evanida Schaus, 1914; 490; TL: French Guiana, Cayenne

  • Spodoptera evanida; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 81; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spodoptera excelsa Rougeot & Laporte, 1983 Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Spodoptera excelsa Rougeot & Laporte, 1983; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 52 (7): 230, f. 14; TL: Ethiopia, Semyen, Sankabar

  • Spodoptera excelsa; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spodoptera exempta (Walker, [1857]) Tropical Africa, Tropical Asia, Australia. See [maps]

  • Agrotis exempta Walker, [1857]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 10: 355
  • Prodenia bipars Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 724; TL: Moreton Bay
    • = Laphygma exempta; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 261
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 62; [NE9], 56
  • Prodenia ingloria Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1679; TL: Moreton Bay
    • = Laphygma exempta; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 261
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 63; [NE9], 56
  • Prodenia metriodes Bethune-Baker, 1911; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 8 (46): 511; TL: N.Nigeria
    • = Spodoptera littoralis; [POOLE]; [NE9], 56
    • = ; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 63

  • Laphygma exempta; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 261, pl. 128, f. 25
  • Spodoptera exempta; Brown & Dewhurst, 1975, Bul. Ent. Res. 65: 243; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 62, 106; [MOB12]: 136, pl. 4, f. 221; [AUCL]; [NE9], 56; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MOB] ; [AFM] ; [BAMONA] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

  Larva on Gramineae , Cyperaceae [MOB12]: 136

• Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, [1808]) WEU, CEU, SEU, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Oriental Region, Africa, Australia, S.USA, Tropical America, Australia. See [maps] Small Mottled Willow Pigweed Caterpillar Kulkuyökkönen Beet Army-worm

  • Noctua exigua Hübner, [1808]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [4]: pl. 78, f. 362; TL: Europe
  • Noctua fulgens Geyer, [1832]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [4]: pl. 168, f. 796; TL: Sicily
    • = Laphygma exigua; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 265
    • = ; [NACL], #9665; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 40; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Caradrina pygmaea Rambur, 1834; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 3: 384, pl. 8, f. 2; TL: France, Marseille
    • = Laphygma exigua; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 265
    • = ; [NACL], #9665; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 40; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Caradrina junceti Zeller, 1847; Isis von Oken 1847 (6): 445; TL: Italy
    • = Laphygma exigua; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 265
    • = ; [NACL], #9665; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 40; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Laphygma caradrinoides Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 190; TL: Port Natal
    • = Laphygma exigua; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 265
    • = ; [NACL], #9665; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 40; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Caradrina flavimaculata Harvey, 1876; Can. Ent. 8 (3): 54; TL: Oregon; California
    • = ; [NACL], #9665; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 40; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Caradrina sebghana Austaut, 1880; Le Naturaliste 2 (27): 212; TL: Algeria
    • = Laphygma exigua; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 265
    • = ; [NACL], #9665; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 40; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Caradrina venosa Butler, 1880; Ent. mon. Mag. 17: 7; TL: Hawaii, Honolulu
    • = Laphygma exigua; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 265
    • = ; [NACL], #9665; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 40; [NE9], 56
  • Laphygma exigua antipodea Warren, 1914; Gross-Schmett. Erde 11: 323; TL: New South Wales
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 40; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Laphygma canior Strand, 1916
  • albimacula (Dannehl, 1929) (Caradrina)
  • decolorata (Dannehl, 1929) (Caradrina)
  • variegata (Dannehl, 1929) (Caradrina)
  • Douzdrina protector de Laever, 1985; Nota lepid. 8 (2): 149; TL: Tunisia, Douz
    • = ; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 40; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]

  • Caradrina flavimaculata; Godman & Salvin, 1889, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 280; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 264, pl. 128, f. 27
  • Laphigma exigua junceti; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 231
  • Laphygma exigua; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 265, f. 68
  • Spodoptera exigua antipodea; [LepIndex]
  • Spodoptera exigua; [SPRK], 79; [NACL], #9665; [POOLE]; Yoshimoto, 1994, Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 114, pl. 16, f. 14; Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8: 183; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 40, 99; [AUCL]; [NE9], 56; [NACL93], #2215; [RFEL]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [PNWM] ; [AFM] ; [BAMONA] ; [SVF] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

  500x244 (~25Kb) Northern Greece, Axios Delta, 24/7/1995, Photo © Dylan Lloyd leg.

  582x812 (~85Kb) Russia, Moscow, 13.8.2019 (37°38'E, 55°72'N), Photo © D. Smirnov

  500x306 (~22Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, 27-31.8.1972, Markku Savela leg.

  Larva on Taraxacum , Plantago [SPRK]

• Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797) E.Canada, USA, Jamaica, Mexico - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, ..., Benin, Togo, Nigeria, .... See [maps] Fall Armyworm

  • Phalaena frugiperda Smith, 1797; in Smith & Abbot, Nat. Hist. Rarer Lepid. Ins. Georgia 2: 191, pl. 95; TL: Georgia
  • Laphygma macra Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 157, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 4, f. 6; TL: Colombia
    • = Laphygma frugiperda; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 262
    • = ; [NACL], #9666; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 69
  • Laphygma inepta Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 190; TL: [Amazonas], Santarem; Venezuela
    • = Laphygma frugiperda; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 262
    • = ; [NACL], #9666; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 69
  • Prodenia signifera Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 193; TL: Georgia; Venezuela
    • = Laphygma frugiperda; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 262
    • = ; [NACL], #9666; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 69, 108
  • Prodenia plagiata Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 194; TL: Jamaica
    • = Laphygma frugiperda; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 262
    • = ; [NACL], #9666; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 69
  • Prodenia autumnalis Riley, 1871; 3rd Ann. Rep., Missouri: 109; TL: Missouri
    • = Laphygma frugiperda; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 262
    • = ; [NACL], #9666; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 69
  • Laphygma frugiperda var. fulvosa Riley, 1876; 8th Ann. Rep., Missouri: 49, f. 27b; TL: Missouri
    • = ; [NACL], #9666; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 69
  • Laphygma frugiperda var. obscura Riley, 1876; 8th Ann. Rep., Missouri: 49, f. 27c; TL: Missouri
    • = Laphygma frugiperda; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 262
    • = ; [NACL], #9666; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 69

  • Laphygma frugiperda; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 262, pl. 128, f. 26
  • Laphygma macra; Godman & Salvin, 1889, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 267
  • Prodenia signifera; Godman & Salvin, 1889, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 269
  • Spodoptera frugiperda; [NACL], #9666; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 69, 108; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 21, f. 24-25; [NACL93], #2216; Cock, 2017, Insecta Mundi 585: 48; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BAMONA] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
• Spodoptera hipparis (Druce, 1889) Mexico, .... See [maps]

  • Heliophobus hipparis Druce, 1889; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 272, 3: pl. 26, f. 19; TL: Mexico, Durango, Milpas; Mexico City
  • Leucochlaena pallens Draudt, 1925; 178, pl. 26, row b
    • = Leucochlaena hipparis; [NACL], #9674
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Leucochlaena hipparis f. colossa Draudt, 1924; 178, pl. 26, row a, b
    • = Leucochlaena hipparis; [NACL], #9674
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Leucochlaena hipparis; [NACL], #9674
  • Spodoptera hipparis; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #2214; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spodoptera latifascia (Walker, 1856) Costa Rica - Argentina, Texas - Florida, Antilles, Dominican Republic. See [maps]

  • Prodenia latifascia Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 195; TL: Jamaica
  • Prodenia variolosa Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 722; TL: St. Domingo
    • = Prodenia latifascia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 247
    • = ; [NACL], #9670; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 83

  • Prodenia latifascia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 247, pl. 128, f. 18
  • Prodenia variolosa; Godman & Salvin, 1889, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 269
  • Spodoptera latifascia; [NACL], #9670; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 83, 112; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 21, f. 26-27; [NACL93], #2220; Cock, 2017, Insecta Mundi 585: 48; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
• Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) SEU, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Arabia, Africa, Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Hadena littoralis Boisduval, 1833; Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (2): 239, pl. 13, f. 8; TL: Mauritius, Bourbos; Madagascar, "Coast of Africa"
    • = Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 245
  • Hadena retina Freyer, 1845; Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 5: 161, pl. 478, f. 2-3; TL: Crete
    • = Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 245
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 75; [NE9], 56
  • Prodenia testaceoides Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 165, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 6, f. 7; TL: Mauritius
    • = Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 245
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 75; [NE9], 56

  • Spodoptera littoralis; [POOLE]; Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8: 184; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 75, 110; [NE9], 56; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [AFM] ; [SVF]
  • Spodoptera retina; [iNaturalist]

  500x309 (~22Kb) FINLAND: ES: Mäntyharju, ex.o 1967 (import), Osmo Heikinheimo leg.

• Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775) Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Oriental Tropics. See [maps]

  • Noctua litura Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 601
  • Noctua histrionica Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 612; TL: India
    • = Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 245
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 77; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Noctua elata Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins. 2: 220; TL: Tranquebarie
    • = Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 245
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 77; [NE9], 56
  • Prodenia tasmanica Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 163; TL: Tasmania
    • = Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 245
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 77; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Prodenia ciligera Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 164; TL: Java
    • = Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 245
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 77; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Prodenia subterminalis Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 196; TL: Punjab
    • = Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 246
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 77; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Prodenia glaucistriga Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 197; TL: N. India
    • = Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 246
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 77; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Prodenia declinata Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 723; TL: Hindostan
    • = Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 246
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 77; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • Mamestra albisparsa Walker, 1862; J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 6: 186; TL: Borneo, Sarawak
    • = Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 246
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 77; [NE9], 56
    • = (alparsa); [RFEL]
  • Prodenia evanescens Butler, 1884; Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2: 94; TL: Caroline Is.
    • = Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 246
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 77; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]
  • conjuncta (Rebel, 1921) (Orthosia)

  • Prodenia litura; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 245
  • Spodoptera litura; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo Kinabalu: 12; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 425; [POOLE]; Yoshimoto, 1994, Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 114, pl. 16, f. 9; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 77, 111; [MOB12]: 136, pl. 4, 8, f. 202, 213; [AUCL]; [NE9], 56; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MOB] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

  Larva on Allium , Mangifera , Carissa , Alocasia , Colocasia , Basella , Begonia , Canna , Carica , Casuarina , Terminalia , Blumea , Dahlia , Helianthus , Lactuca , Synedrella , Zinnia , Ipomoea , Brassica , Cucurbita , Dioscorea , Diospyros , Euphorbia , Ricinus , Andropogon , Lepturus , Saccharum , Thuarea , Zea , Cassytha , Acacia , Canavalia , Dolichos , Glycine , Indigofera , Inocarpus , Medicago , Mimosa , Mucuna , Phaseolus , Sesbania , Asparagus , Eucharis , Geniostoma , Gossypium , Sida , Ficus , Musa , Psidium , Boerhavia , Passiflora , Piper , Polygonum , Eichhornia , Rosa , Morinda , Citrus , Antirrhinum , Lycopersicon , Nicotiana , Solanum , Theobroma , Camellia , Triumfetta , Daucus , Laportea , Lantana , Tectona [MOB12]: 137-138

• Spodoptera malagasy Viette, 1967 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Spodoptera leucophlebia malagasy Viette, 1967; 540, f. 382; TL: Madagascar, Ifanadiana Distr., Ranomafana region

  • Spodoptera malagasy; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 54; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spodoptera marima (Schaus, 1904) Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Brazil (Parana, ...). See [maps]

  • Prodenia marima Schaus, 1904; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 30: 150; TL: Parana, Castro

  • Prodenia marima; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 251, pl. 128, f. 21
  • Spodoptera marima; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 90, 114; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Sierra Leone, Niger, Nigeria, Zaire, Gambia, Arabia, Somalia, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, S.Africa, Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Hadena mauritia Boisduval, 1833; Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (2): 240; TL: Mauritius, Bourbon
  • Agrotis aliena Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 694; TL: Mauritius
    • = ; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 65; [NE9], 56
  • Orthosia margarita Hawthorne, 1897
    • = ; [NE9], 56
  • effeminata Warren, 1911
    • = ; [NE9], 56
  • Spodoptera mauritia ab. feminalis Strand, 1916; Arch. Naturgesch. 81 A (11): 159; TL: N.Nigeria, Egga
  • Agrotis yernauxi Hulstaert, 1924
    • = ; [NE9], 56

  • Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256, f. 66; Brown & Dewhurst, 1975, Bul. Ent. Res. 65: 247; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo Kinabalu: 12; [POOLE]; Yoshimoto, 1994, Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 114, pl. 16, f. 10; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 64, 107; [AUCL]; Sohn & Ronkay, 2001, Insecta Koreana 18 (3): 223; [NE9], 56; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MOB] ; [AFM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
  • S. m. mauritia Indian Ocean

    • Spodoptera mauritia mauritia; [MOB12], 133
  • S. m. acronyctoides Guenée, 1852 Oriental Tropics, Australia, Pacific Tropics, Japan

    • Spodoptera acronyctoides Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 154; TL: Tahiti
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 64; Sohn & Ronkay, 2001, Insecta Koreana 18 (3): 223
    • Spodoptera acronyctiformis Guenée, 1852; 399 (repl. Spodoptera acronyctoides Guenée, 1852); TL: Tahiti
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 64
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Spodoptera filum Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 155
      • = Spodoptera mauritia (filium); Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 64
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Spodoptera nubes Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 155; TL: Java; India
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 64
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Prodenia infecta Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 196; TL: N. India
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 64
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Prodenia insignata Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 197; TL: India
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 65
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Agrotis transducta Walker, [1857]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 10: 344; TL: Ceylon
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 65
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Prodenia permunda Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 723; TL: Siam
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 65
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Laphygma squalida Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 651; TL: North Hindostan
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 65
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Prodenia venustula Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 654; TL: South Hindostan
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 65
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Agrotis submarginalis Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 699; TL: Java
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 65
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Agrotis bisignata Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 702 (preocc. Celaena bisignata Walker, 1865); TL: [Queensland] Moreton Bay
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 65
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Hadena obliqua Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 736; TL: Shanghai
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 65
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Hermonassa formosana Matsumura, 1913; Spec. Rep. Formosa agr. Exp. Station 8: 509; TL: Formosa
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 65
      • = ; [NE9], 57
    • Euxoa ogasawarensis Matsumura, 1926; Ins. Matsumurana 1 (1): 6, pl. 1, f. 10; TL: Japan, Bonin Is., Ogasawarajima
      • = Spodoptera mauritia; [POOLE]; Sohn & Ronkay, 2001, Insecta Koreana 18 (3): 223; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 65
      • = ; [NE9], 57

    • Spodoptera filium[sic, filum]; Swinhoe, 1900, Cat. Het. Mus. Oxford (2): 32
    • Spodoptera mauritia acronyctoides; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 425; [MOB12], 133; [NE9], 57; [LepIndex]
    • ogaswarae; Inoue & Sugi, 1958, (missp.)
    • permbuda; Druce, 1888, (missp.)
• Spodoptera ochrea (Hampson, 1909) Peru, Ecuador. See [maps]

  • Xylomyges ochrea Hampson, 1909; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 273, pl. 129, f. 1; TL: Peru, Callao

  • Spodoptera ochrea; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 61; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée, 1852) S.Canada, USA, Mexico, Costa Rica. See [maps]

  • Prodenia ornithogalli Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 163; TL: North America
  • Prodenia eudiopta Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 164; TL: North America
    • = Prodenia ornithogalli; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 248
    • = ; [NACL], #9669; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 92
  • Prodenia flavimedia Harvey, 1875; 274
    • = Prodenia ornithogalli; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 248
    • = ; [NACL], #9669; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 92
  • Prodenia lineatella Harvey, 1875; 275; TL: Texas
    • = Prodenia ornithogalli; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 248
    • = ; [NACL], #9669; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 92
  • Prodenia praefica f. eudioptoides Barnes & Benjamin, 1923; 81; TL: California, San Diego
    • = ; [NACL], #9669; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 92

  • Prodenia ornithogalli; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 248, pl. 128, f. 19
  • Spodoptera ornithogalli; [NACL], #9669; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 92, 114; [NACL93], #2219; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BAMONA]
• Spodoptera pecten Guenée, 1852 Oriental Tropics, Australia. See [maps]

  • Spodoptera pecten Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 155; TL: Java
  • Agrotis infixa Walker, 1862; J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 6: 186; TL: Borneo, Sarawak
    • = Spodoptera abyssinia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 254
    • = Spodoptera cilium; [POOLE]; [NE9], 56
    • = ; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 47
  • Spodoptera insulsa Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 648; TL: Java
    • = Spodoptera abyssinia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 254
    • = Spodoptera cilium; [POOLE]; [NE9], 56
    • = ; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 47
  • Spodoptera erica Butler, 1880; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880: 675; TL: Formosa
    • = ; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 252; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 47; [NE9], 57
  • Spaelotis uniformis Swinhoe, 1890; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1890 (2): 226; TL: Bhamo [Burma]
    • = ; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 252; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 47
  • Caradrina pectinata Hampson, 1894; Fauna Br. India (Moths) 2: 264; TL: Nagas
    • = ; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 252; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 47; [NE9], 57
  • Elydna speciosa Rothschild, 1920; 117; TL: Sumatra, Pasir Ganting
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 47; [NE9], 57

  • Spodoptera pecten; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 252, f. 63; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo Kinabalu: 12; [POOLE]; Yoshimoto, 1994, Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 114, pl. 16, f. 15; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 46, 104; [MOB12]: 134, pl. 4, f. 207, 209; [NE9], 57; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [MOB]

  Larva on (seeds) Shorea curtisii [MOB12]: 134

• Spodoptera picta (Guérin-Méneville, [1838]) Oriental Region, Australia, Japan, New Guinea, Philippines. See [maps]

  • Polia picta Guérin-Méneville, [1838]; Voyage Coquille, 2 (2): 285, pl. 19, f. 7; TL: "Port Jackson" [Japan]
    • = Calogramma festiva; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 239
  • Phalaena festiva Donovan, 1805; Epitome nat. Hist. Ins. New Holland: pl. 36 (preocc. Phalaena festiva Cramer, 1775)
    • = ; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 80
  • Polia picta Boisduval, 1832; in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1: 241 (repl., preocc. Polia picta Guérin-Méneville, [1831])

  • Calogramma festiva; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 239, f. 60
  • Calogramma picta; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 416, pl. 76, f. 4
  • Spodoptera picta; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 80, 112; [MOB12]: 138, pl. 4, f. 205; [AUCL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MOB] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

  513x769 (~88Kb) larva Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko Spodoptera picta det. Matti Ahola

  Larva on Crinum asiaticum, C. pedonculatum Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 416

• Spodoptera pectinicornis (Hampson, 1895) NE.Himalaya - Sundaland, New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Xanthoptera pectinicornis Hampson, 1895; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2): 300; TL: Calcutta; Hambantota, Ceylon
  • Caradrina hennia Swinhoe, 1901; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 7 (42): 495
    • = ; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 51; [MOB12], 135

  • Namangana pectinicornis; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 545, pl. 136, f. 30; [POOLE]
  • Spodoptera hennia; [LepIndex]
  • Spodoptera pectinicornis; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 51, 104; [MOB12]: 135, pl. 4, f. 211-212; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [MOB]

  Larva on Pistia stratiotes, Eichhornia crassipes [MOB12]: 135

• Spodoptera praefica (Grote, 1875) Washington - California, Montana, Colorado, Utah. See [maps]

  • Prodenia praefica Grote, 1875; Can. Ent. 7 (3): 44; TL: California, Mendocino

  • Prodenia praefica; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 250, pl. 128, f. 20
  • Spodoptera praefica; [NACL], #9667; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 89, 114; [NACL93], #2217; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
• Spodoptera pulchella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868) Florida, Greater Antilles, Jamaica. See [maps]

  • Laphygma pulchella Herrich-Schäffer, 1868; 116; TL: Cuba
  • Prodenia exquisita Möschler, 1886; Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 14 (3): 41, pl. f. 23; TL: Jamaica
    • = Prodenia pulchella; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 243
    • = ; [NACL], #9668; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 94

  • Prodenia pulchella; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 243, pl. 128, f. 17
  • Spodoptera pulchella; [NACL], #9668; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 94, 115; Becker, 2002, Revta bras. Zool. 19: 355 (list); Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 21, f. 28; [NACL93], #2218; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
• Spodoptera roseae (Schaus, 1923) Galapagos

  • Trachea roseae Schaus, 1923; 33, f. 4; TL: Galapagos, Indefatigable, Conway Bay

  • Spodoptera roseae; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 96; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spodoptera triturata (Walker, [1857]) Sierra Leone, Senegal, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana, Angola, Gambia, Malawi, Zaire, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Caradrina triturata Walker, [1857]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 10: 295; TL: Sierra Leone
    • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256
  • Laphygma gratiosa Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 651; TL: Sierra Leone
    • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]
    • = ; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 67
  • Celaena bisignata Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 679; TL: Sierra Leone
    • = Spodoptera mauritia; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 256; [POOLE]
    • = ; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 67

  • Spodoptera triturata; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 67, 108; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
• Spodoptera umbraculata (Walker, 1858) Australia (Queensland). See [maps]

  • Eumichtis umbraculata Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1717; TL: Queensland, Moreton Bay
  • Agrotis enunciatus Lucas, 1892; Proc. R. Soc. Qd 8 (3): 85; TL: Queensland, Brisbane
    • = ; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 252; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 49
  • Hadena andrias Meyrick, 1902; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1902 (1): 27; TL: Queensland, Brisbane
    • = ; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 252; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 49

  • Spodoptera umbraculata; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 252, pl. 128, f. 22; [POOLE]; Pogue, 2002, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 49; [AUCL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

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