Difference between revisions of "Spodoptera frugiperda"
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<font color="#800000">'''''Spodoptera frugiperda'''''</font> (J.E. Smith, 1797) (fall armyworm)<br/> | <font color="#800000">'''''Spodoptera frugiperda'''''</font> (J.E. Smith, 1797) (fall armyworm)<br/> | ||
| − | is a serious pest of maize, turf and other crops in the American tropics and subtropics. | + | is a serious pest of maize, turf and other crops in the American tropics and subtropics. The moths migrate to temperate regions during the spring and summer. Two morphologically identical strains can be separated based on their preference for either maize and sorghum (corn strain) or rice and forage grasses (rice strain). |
| − | For | + | For details see the respective page in [http://wiki.bugwood.org/Spodoptera_frugiperda BugwoodWiki]. |
Revision as of 14:30, 8 October 2013
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Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797) (fall armyworm)
is a serious pest of maize, turf and other crops in the American tropics and subtropics. The moths migrate to temperate regions during the spring and summer. Two morphologically identical strains can be separated based on their preference for either maize and sorghum (corn strain) or rice and forage grasses (rice strain).
For details see the respective page in BugwoodWiki.
| Vernacular names | |
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| • English: | fall armyworm |
| • Español: | gusano cogollero |
| • Français: | légionnaire d'automne |
| • Português: | bicho-de-rumo lagarta-da-folha-do-milho lagarta-do-cartucho |
The literature database currently contains 1100 publications for Spodoptera frugiperda. (See box above/on left.)
- Other images of Spodoptera frugiperda (IPM Images - click to enlarge)
larva
larva
larva in a cotton boll
adult
genitalia with short clavus
