Biology:Spodoptera cilium

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Short description: Species of moth

Spodoptera cilium
Spodoptera cilium.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Spodoptera
Species:
S. cilium
Binomial name
Spodoptera cilium
Guenée, 1852

Spodoptera cilium, known variously as dark mottled willow, lawn caterpillar and grasslawn armyworm, is a noctuid moth found throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and western, southern, and south-east Asia and several countries in southern and eastern Europe. It is a migrant to northern Europe and has been recorded at least nine times in the United Kingdom .

The larva feeds on Oryza.[1] It is sometimes a pest.

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7355007 entry