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Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/ Noctuinae (subfamily)/ Prodeniini (tribe)/ Spodoptera (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Fabricius, 1775)
Citation:	N.[octua] litura
Original genus:	Noctua
Publication:	Fabricius J. C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus.
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Pagination:	601
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25551988

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Neotype	♂	USNM	Neotype ♂, designated by M. G. Pogue (2002: 79), USNM. Original type material presumed lost (Zimsen 1964, M. G. Pogue 2002: 79).	India	[India], Darjeeling, Mangpu Road, 1800 m, 11.vii.1986, leg. W. Thomas.	Pogue M. 2002. A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page 601

Distribution note:

Australasia: American Samoa, Austral Islands, Australia, Christmas Island, Cook Island, Federated States of Micronesia (Caroline Islands), Fiji, French Polynesia (Society Islands), Hawaii, Kiribati, Line Islands, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Island, Rapa Island, Tasmania, Tonga, Vanuatu, Western Samoa; Oriental: S China, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (Borneo), Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Nepal. See also D. G. Sevastopulo (1969: 106).

Sevastopulo D. G. 1969. Prodenia littoralis Boisd.

Scientific name	Country	Publication
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Bahrain	Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 133
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Maldives	Pogue M. 2002. A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page 79
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Oman	Wiltshire E. P. 1977b. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Lepidoptera: Part I Families Cossidae, Pyralidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Noctuidae. Part II A list of further Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Oman. Part III Pyral... page 160
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Saudi Arabia	Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 585
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Sudan	Boursin Ch. 1964a. Ergebnisse der Zoologischen Nubien-Expedition 1962 des Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien. Teil XII Lepidoptera: Noctuidae – Trifinae. page 461

Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1938: 175).

Townsend A. L. H. 1938. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Colocasia antiquorum	Araceae		Collenette C. L. 1928. The Arctiidae, Noctuidae and Sphingidae of the "St. George" expedition, from French Oceania. page 473
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Corchorus olitorius	Tiliaceae	India	Sheikh M. S. 2012. Studies on life cycle and population structure of jute semilooper (Anomis sabulifera) Guenée, Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) an tosa jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) in the district of Barpeta, Assam, India. page 130
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Erigeron bonariensis	Asteraceae		Collenette C. L. 1928. The Arctiidae, Noctuidae and Sphingidae of the "St. George" expedition, from French Oceania. page 473
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Lactuca sativa	Asteraceae	Bahrain	Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 133
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Piper sp.	Piperaceae		Collenette C. L. 1928. The Arctiidae, Noctuidae and Sphingidae of the "St. George" expedition, from French Oceania. page 473
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Psidium guajava	Myrtaceae		Collenette C. L. 1928. The Arctiidae, Noctuidae and Sphingidae of the "St. George" expedition, from French Oceania. page 473
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)	Verbena officinalis	Verbenaceae		Collenette C. L. 1928. The Arctiidae, Noctuidae and Sphingidae of the "St. George" expedition, from French Oceania. page 473

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Spodoptera albisparsa (Walker, 1862)	(Walker, 1862)	species	Synonym	Mamestra albisparsa
Spodoptera ciligera (Guenée, 1852)	(Guenée, 1852)	species	Synonym	Prodenia ciligera
Spodoptera declinata (Walker, 1857)	(Walker, 1857)	species	Synonym	Prodenia declinata
Spodoptera elata (Fabricius, 1781)	(Fabricius, 1781)	species	Synonym	Noctua elata
Spodoptera evanescens (Butler, 1884)	(Butler, 1884)	species	Synonym	Prodenia evanescens
Spodoptera glaucistriga (Walker, 1856)	(Walker, 1856)	species	Synonym	Prodenia glaucistriga
Spodoptera histrionica (Fabricius, 1775)	(Fabricius, 1775)	species	Synonym	Noctua histrionica
Spodoptera subterminalis (Walker, 1856)	(Walker, 1856)	species	Synonym	Prodenia subterminalis
Spodoptera tasmanica (Guenée, 1852)	(Guenée, 1852)	species	Synonym	Prodenia tasmanica