Spodoptera mauritia

Lawn armyworm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Spodoptera
Species:
S. mauritia
Binomial name
Spodoptera mauritia
(Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Hadena mauritia Boisduval, 1833
  • Agrotis aliena Walker, 1865
  • Laphygma gratiosa Walker, 1865
  • Orthosia margarita Hawthorne, 1897
  • Agrotis yernauxi Hulstaert, 1924
  • Spodoptera acronyctoides Guenée, 1852
  • Spodoptera acronyctiformis Guenée, 1852
  • Spodoptera filum Guenée, 1852
  • Spodoptera nubes Guenée, 1852
  • Euxoa ogasawarensis Matsumura, 1926
  • Prodenia infecta Walker, 1856
  • Prodenia insignata Walker, 1856
  • Prodenia permunda Walker, 1857
  • Agrotis transducta Walker, [1857]
  • Agrotis bisignata Walker, 1865 (preocc. Celaena bisignata Walker, 1865)
  • Laphygma squalida Walker, 1865
  • Agrotis submarginalis Walker, 1865
  • Hadena obliqua Walker, 1865
  • Prodenia venustula Walker, 1865
  • Hermonassa formosana Matsumura, 1913

Spodoptera mauritia, the lawn armyworm or paddy swarming caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. Able to eat many types of food, it is a major pest throughout the world.[1]

  1. ^ "Spodoptera mauritia, (Boisduval, 1833)". African Moths. Retrieved 3 August 2016.