Spodoptera latifascia

Distribution: tropical America.
Type locality: Jamaica.
Synonyms: Prodenia variolosa Walker 1857; Prodenia cosmioides Walker 1858.
Source of record: listed by Gowdey (1926) p. 63 (as 'Prodenia latifascia'); M.J.C.B. collection.
Method of identification: illustrated in black and white by Todd & Poole (1980) figs 10 & 11 (adult) and figs. 33 & 47 (genitalia).
Notes: dissection is probably needed to separate this species from S. ornithogalli with certainty.

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