Spodoptera eridania
Distribution: tropical America.
Type locality: American tropics.
Synonyms: Noctua linea Fabricius 1794;
Phalaena phytolaccae J.E. Smith 1797;
Xylomyges amygia Guenee 1852;
Xylomyges putrida Guenee 1852;
Leucania externa Walker 1856;
Xylina bipunctata Walker 1857;
Xylina inquieta Walker 1857;
Prodenia strigifera Walker 1858;
Actinotia derupta Morrison 1875;
Prodenia ignobilis Butler 1878;
Leucania nigrofascia Hulst 1881;
Callierges recondita Moeschler 1890.
Source of record: listed by Gowdey (1926) p. 63
(as 'Xylomiges eridania'); M.J.C.B. collection.
Method of identification: illustrated in black & white by Todd & Poole (1980)
figs. 16 & 17 (adults) and figs. 37 & 51 (genitalia).
Notes: the larva is the 'Southern Armyworm'.
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