Biology:Spodoptera pulchella
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Short description: Species of moth
| Caribbean armyworm moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Spodoptera |
| Species: | S. pulchella
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| Binomial name | |
| Spodoptera pulchella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)[1]
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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
- ↑ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v19n2/v19n2a06.pdf.
- ↑ "932218.00 – 9668 – Spodoptera pulchella – Caribbean Armyworm Moth – (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9668. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ↑ Moths of Jamaica
- ↑ Dennehy, Paul (November 11, 2017). "Species Spodoptera pulchella - Caribbean Armyworm Moth - Hodges#9668". http://bugguide.net/node/view/610763. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q7578802 entry
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