African Moths Gambia


     

Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)

Lesser Army Worm.

SYNONYMS
Spodoptera antipodea, Laphygma caradrinoides, Caradrina flavimaculata, Caradrina junceti, Caradrina venosa, Caradrina pygmaea, Caradrina sebghana, Noctua fulgens, Douzdrina protector,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
apertura, cilium, excelsa, exempta, exigua, littorallis, malagasy, maurita, teferi, triturata,

DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, DRCongo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphagous, Grasses,

 

Spodoptera exigua
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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