Spodoptera frugiperda
Distribution: western hemisphere.
Type locality: Georgia, USA.
Synonyms: Laphygma macra Guenee 1852;
Laphygma inepta Walker 1856;
Prodenia plagiata Walker 1856;
Prodenia signifera Walker 1856;
Prodenia autumnalis Riley 1871.
Source of record: listed by Gowdey (1926) p. 63
(as 'Laphygma frugiperda'); M.J.C.B. collection.
Method of identification: illustrated in black & white by Todd & Poole
(1980) figs. 2 & 3 (adults) and figs. 28 & 43 (genitalia).
Notes: this species is sexually dimorphic, as illustrated - the male resembles
S. ornithogalli and the female resembles S. exigua Hubner 1796 . The
larva is the 'Fall Armyworm'.
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