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Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Xyleninae (subfamily)/  Prodeniini (tribe)/  Spodoptera (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Hübner, 1808)
Citation:N.[octua] Exigua
Original genus:Noctua
Publication:Hübner J. 1796–1838. Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge.
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Pagination:pl. 78, fig. 362
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28070192
Name(English):Beet armyworm
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Spodoptera exigua (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) unknown Not stated, probably lost. Greece, Crete, "Europe".
Distribution note:

Australasian: Australia, Hawaii, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea; Nearctic: Bermuda, Canada, USA; Neotropical: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guyana, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela; Oriental: India, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand; Palaearctic: Algeria, Azores, Canary Islands, China, Egypt (Sinai), Europe, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Russia, Syria, Tunisia.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Algeria Hoggar and Tassili Rothschild W. 1915a. On the Lepidoptera collected in 1913–1914 by Herr Geyr von Schweppenburg on a journey to the Hoggar Mountains (Sahara). page 252
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Bahrain Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 134
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Botswana Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 303
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Cabo Verde Sal Mück O., Passos de Carvalho J., van Harten A. & Traub B. 1990. Los [sic] lepidópteros nocivos em Cabo Verde. page 20
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Cabo Verde Santo Antão Traub B. & Bauer E. 1982. Zur Macro-Lepidopteren-Fauna der Kapverdische Inseln. – In: Lobin W., Ergebnisse des 1. Symposiums "Fauna und Flora der Kapverdischen Inseln". page 227
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Cabo Verde Fogo Traub B. & Bauer E. 1982. Zur Macro-Lepidopteren-Fauna der Kapverdische Inseln. – In: Lobin W., Ergebnisse des 1. Symposiums "Fauna und Flora der Kapverdischen Inseln". page 227
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Cabo Verde Santiago Mück O., Passos de Carvalho J., van Harten A. & Traub B. 1990. Los [sic] lepidópteros nocivos em Cabo Verde. page 20
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Chad Tibesti Herbulot C. & Viette P. 1951. Lépidoptères récoltés par MM. A. Reymond et F. Pierre dans la région de Beni-Abbès (Sahara Algérien). page 87
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga page RMCA
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Côte d'Ivoire Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Eritrea Joannis J. de 1913. Materiali per lo studio della fauna Eritrea raccolti nel 1902–03 dal Dott. A. Andreini. Lépidoptères. Heterocera. page 128
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Eswatini Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Ethiopia Berio E. 1944. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Lepidoptera Agaristidae e Noctuidae. page 75
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Ghana Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). page 266
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Kuwait Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 156
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Lesotho Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). page 266
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Madagascar Pagenstecher A. 1907. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–05. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse 2. Systematische Arbeiten, Bd 2,Hft 2 (Lepidoptera Heterocera von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika: Uraniidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Thyrididae, ... page 106
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Malawi Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Mauritania Rungs Ch. 1945. Missions Marocaines d'études des Acridiens migrateurs. Resultats scientifiques. VII. Contribution à la connaissance des lépidoptères du Sahara Nord-Occidental. page 25
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Mauritius Rodrigues Viette P. 1957d. Lépidoptères (excepté les Tordeuses et les Géométrides). – In: La Faune entomologique de l'Ile de la Réunion. I. page 190
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Mauritius Viette P. 1957d. Lépidoptères (excepté les Tordeuses et les Géométrides). – In: La Faune entomologique de l'Ile de la Réunion. I. page 190
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Mozambique Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 161
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Namibia Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Niger Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page 161
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Nigeria Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) 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 170
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Réunion Viette P. 1957d. Lépidoptères (excepté les Tordeuses et les Géométrides). – In: La Faune entomologique de l'Ile de la Réunion. I. page 190
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Ascension Waterhouse C. O. 1881. Report on a collection made by Mr T. Conry in Ascension Isand. Myriapoda and Insecta. page 435 (as caradrinoides)
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 156
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Senegal Berio E. 1969b. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba (Sénégal). Fasc. III. XXIII. Lepidoptera. Noctuidae. page 367
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Seychelles Aldabra Pogue M. 2002. A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page 42
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Somalia Hampson G. F. 1916a. On moths from Somaliland. – In: Poulton E. B., On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. page 105
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) South Africa Eastern Cape Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. page 292
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 161
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) South Africa Gauteng Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 161
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) South Africa Northern Cape Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 161
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) South Africa Free State Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) South Africa Western Cape Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 472
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) South Africa Walker F. 1856c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IX.– Noctuidae. page 190 (as caradrinoides)
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Sudan Warren W. & Rothschild W. 1905. Lepidoptera from the Sudan. page 24
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Tanzania Zanzibar (Unguja) Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Tanzania Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Uganda Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) United Arab Emirates Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 7
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Western Sahara Rungs Ch. 1945. Missions Marocaines d'études des Acridiens migrateurs. Resultats scientifiques. VII. Contribution à la connaissance des lépidoptères du Sahara Nord-Occidental. page 25
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Yemen Socotra Rebel H. 1907a. Lepidopteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. page 88
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Yemen Butler A. G. 1885d. On a collection of Lepidoptera made by Major J. W. Yerbury at or near Aden. page 495 (as caradrinoides)
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Zambia Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Zimbabwe Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 161
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Arachis hypogaea Fabaceae Mozambique Saraiva A. C. 1939. A preliminary list of the insect pests of crops and fruit trees in Portuguese East Africa. page 104
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Beta vulgaris Chenopodiaceae Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. page 96
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Brassica sp. Brassicaceae Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. page 96
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Coffea sp. Rubiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) 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 exigua (Hübner, 1808) Gossypium sp. Malvaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Gossypium sp. Malvaceae Mozambique Saraiva A. C. 1939. A preliminary list of the insect pests of crops and fruit trees in Portuguese East Africa. page 104
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Nicotiana tabacum Solanaceae Mozambique Saraiva A. C. 1939. A preliminary list of the insect pests of crops and fruit trees in Portuguese East Africa. page 104
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Pisum sativum Fabaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Undefined Grasses Undefined Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Undefined polyphagous Undefined Mück O., Passos de Carvalho J., van Harten A. & Traub B. 1990. Los [sic] lepidópteros nocivos em Cabo Verde. page 20
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Zea mays Poaceae Mozambique Saraiva A. C. 1939. A preliminary list of the insect pests of crops and fruit trees in Portuguese East Africa. page 104
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Zea mays Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Zygophyllum simplex Zygophyllaceae Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 260
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Spodoptera antipodea (Warren, 1914) (Warren, 1914) species Synonym Laphygma antipodea
Spodoptera caradrinoides (Walker, 1856) (Walker, 1856) species Synonym Laphygma caradrinoides
Spodoptera flavimaculata (Harvey, 1876) (Harvey, 1876) species Synonym Caradrina flavimaculata
Spodoptera fulgens (Geyer, 1832) (Geyer, 1832) species Synonym Noctua fulgens
Spodoptera junceti (Zeller, 1847) (Zeller, 1847) species Synonym Caradrina junceti
Spodoptera protector (De Laever, 1985) (De Laever, 1985) species Synonym Douzdrina protector
Spodoptera pygmaea (Rambur, 1834) (Rambur, 1834) species Synonym Caradrina pygmaea
Spodoptera sebghana (Austaut, 1880) (Austaut, 1880) species Synonym Caradrina sebghana
Spodoptera venosa (Butler, 1880) (Butler, 1880) species Synonym Caradrina venosa