Biology:Spodoptera pulchella

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Short description: Species of moth

Caribbean armyworm moth
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Spodoptera
Species:
S. pulchella
Binomial name
Spodoptera pulchella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)[1]
Synonyms
  • Laphygma pulchella Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
  • Prodenia pulchella
  • Prodenia exquisita Möschler, 1886

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.

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7578802 entry