Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina (2010) 69, 209-231
Augusto Casmuz, M. Laura Juárez, M. Guillermina Socías, M. Gabriela Murúa, Silvina Prieto, Santiago Medina, Eduardo Willink and Gerardo Gastaminza (2010)
Revisión de los hospederos del gusano cogollero del maíz, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
[Review of the host plants of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)]
Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 69 (3-4), 209-231
Abstract: In order to update records of Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) host plants, a bibliographic review was made. Host plant search was organized into groups per zones and countries. Records from the U.S., Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Islands were grouped together as belonging to Northern America. As South American records, all reports were included except for those from Argentina. 186 host plants were found and they belong to 42 different families. The most cited hosts are part of the following families: Poaceae (35.5%), Fabaceae (11.3%), Solanaceae and Asteraceae (4.3%), Rosaceae and Chenopodiaceae (3.7%) and Brassicaceae and Cyperaceae (3.2%). Of the total of hosts plants found (186), 64% were cited in North and Central America, 53% in South America and 32% in Argentina. The species most frequently cited in Northern America were: corn, sorghum, peanuts, Bermuda grass, sugarcane and rice. In South America, these were: corn, rice, sorghum, beans, cotton and peanuts. Finally in Argentina, the most frequently reported species were: corn, soybean, cotton, alfalfa, tomatoes, flax, potatoes and sorghum. Information about fall armyworm life cycle, behaviour on main host plants, migration habits and biotypes is also provided.
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Database assignments for author(s): M. Gabriela Murua
Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution
