| Caribbean armyworm moth | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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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" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2013.
- ↑ "932218.00 – 9668 – Spodoptera pulchella – Caribbean Armyworm Moth – (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ↑ Moths of Jamaica
- ↑ Dennehy, Paul (November 11, 2017). "Species Spodoptera pulchella - Caribbean Armyworm Moth - Hodges#9668". BugGuide. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
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