Spodoptera latifascia

Spodoptera latifascia
	Caterpillar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Spodoptera
Species:	S. latifascia
Binomial name
	Spodoptera latifascia; Walker, 1856
Synonyms
	Prodeia latifascia; Prodenia variolosa; Prodenia cosmioides; Spodoptera cosmioides;

Spodoptera latifascia, commonly known as the lateral-lined armyworm, garden armyworm, or velvet armyworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae found from Central America and the Antilles into North America (from Texas to Florida). Previously S. cosmioides, was treated as a synonym S. latifascia however it was restored as a valid species in Pogue (2002).^[1]

The wingspan is about 42 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various low-growing plants and garden crops such as tomato and eggplant. They are sometimes mistaken for a color variety of the yellow-striped armyworm.

References[]

^ Pogue, Michael (2002). "A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée: (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). no. 43". American Entomological Society.

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[1] Pogue, Michael (2002). "A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée: (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). no. 43". American Entomological Society.

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