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Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Xyleninae (subfamily)/  Prodeniini (tribe)/  Spodoptera (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Boisduval, 1833)
Citation:H.[adena] Mauritia. Boisd.
Original genus:Hadena
Publication:Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin.
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Pagination:92; pl. 13, fig. 9
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12820926
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Spodoptera mauritia (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Syntype ♂ MNHN Neotype ♂, designated by M. G. Pogue (2002: 66), type no 00065927, USNM. Original syntypes from Réunion and Mauritius, MNHN, not found (see P. Viette 1957c: 191, M. G. Pogue 2002: 66, C. Guillermet 2006: 157). New Caledonia New Caledonia, near Dumbea, 22.xii.1976, leg. G. F. Hevel. Pogue M. 2002. A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page 92; pl. 13, fig. 9
Distribution note:

Australasian: Australia, Austral Island, Fiji, Hawaii, Marquesas, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hebrides, Norfolk Island, Rapa Island, Rennell Island, Samoa, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Tahiti; Oriental: Andamans, China, India, Indonesia (Borneo, Java), Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Bahrain Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 134
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) British Indian Ocean Territory Chagos Barnett L. K. & Emms C. 1998. An annotated checklist of the Chagos archipelago terrestrial fauna (omitting birds) recorded during the 1996 'Friends of the Chagos' expedition. page 46 (as acronyctoides)
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Comoros Grande Comore (Ngazidja) Berio E. 1956d. Eteroceri raccolti dal Dr. Carlo Prola durante la spedizione alle isole dell'Africa orientale con descrizione di specie nuove (Lepidoptera). page 83
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Comoros Anjouan (Nzwani) Viette P. 1958h. Note sur de petites collections de Lépidoptères récoltés aux îles Comores et en Aldabra. page 64
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Comoros Mohéli (Mwali) Viette P. 1958h. Note sur de petites collections de Lépidoptères récoltés aux îles Comores et en Aldabra. page 64
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the East Kasai page RMCA
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Eritrea Berio E. 1941b. Contributo alla studio dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea VII. Euchromiidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Lymantriidae, Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae raccolte dal sig. G. Vaccaro nel 1938. page 186
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Gabon Laporte B. 1970a. Lépidoptères capturés par la mission biologique au Gabon. page 373
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Gambia Druce H. 1887. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 499 (as infecta)
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). page 257
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Madagascar Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 240
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Mauritius Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 92
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) 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 mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Nigeria Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). page 257
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1980b. The larger moths of Dhofar and their zoogeographic composition. page 199
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Réunion Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 92
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Sao Tome & Principe Príncipe Aurivillius C. 1910b. Schmetterlinge gesammelt in Westafrika von Leonardo Fea in den Jahren 1897–1902. page 514
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 156
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Senegal Berio E. 1969b. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba (Sénégal). Fasc. III. XXIII. Lepidoptera. Noctuidae. page 367
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Seychelles Cousine Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. page 82
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Seychelles Fregate Fletcher T. B. 1910a. Lepidoptera exclusive of the Tortricidae and Tineidae, with some remarks on their distribution and means of dispersal among the islands of the Indian Ocean. (The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). page 271
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Seychelles Mahé Joannis J. de 1894. Mission scientifique de Ch. Alluaud des îles Seychelles. page 432
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Seychelles Praslin Bolotov I. N., Spitsyn V. M., Kolosova Y. S. & Vlasova A. 2015. New and recent records of moth and butterfly species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Praslin and Mahé Islands, Seychelles. page 4
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Seychelles La Digue De Prins W. & Mazzei P. 2016. Some faunistic notes on selected moth species (Lepidoptera) from the Seychelles. page 33
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Seychelles Silhouette Gerlach J. 1998a. New and rediscovered animals in Seychelles. page 83
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Sierra Leone Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2. page 652 (as gratiosa)
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Somalia Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 260
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) South Africa Distant W. L. 1898b. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 218
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Tanzania Pemba Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Tanzania Berio E. 1956d. Eteroceri raccolti dal Dr. Carlo Prola durante la spedizione alle isole dell'Africa orientale con descrizione di specie nuove (Lepidoptera). page 83
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) United Arab Emirates Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 7
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Yemen Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 288
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Yemen Socotra Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 288
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 288
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1942: 214).

Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Cyperus rotundus Cyperaceae Seychelles Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 136
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Undefined Grasses Undefined Saudi Arabia Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. page 620
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Undefined Grasses Undefined Bahrain Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 134
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Undefined Grasses Undefined Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 214
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Spodoptera acronyctiformis Guenée, 1852 Guenée, 1852 species Synonym Spodoptera acronyctiformis
Spodoptera acronyctoides Guenée, 1852 Guenée, 1852 species Synonym Spodoptera acronyctoides
Spodoptera aliena (Walker, 1865) (Walker, 1865) species Synonym Agrotis aliena
Spodoptera bisignata (Walker, 1865) (Walker, 1865) species Misapplied Agrotis bisignata
Spodoptera filum Guenée, 1852 Guenée, 1852 species Synonym Spodoptera filum
Spodoptera formosana (Matsumura, 1913) (Matsumura, 1913) species Synonym Hermonassa formosana
Spodoptera infecta (Walker, 1856) (Walker, 1856) species Synonym Prodenia infecta
Spodoptera insignata (Walker, 1856) (Walker, 1856) species Synonym Prodenia insignata
Spodoptera nubes Guenée, 1852 Guenée, 1852 species Synonym Spodoptera nubes
Spodoptera obliqua (Walker, 1865) (Walker, 1865) species Synonym Hadena obliqua
Spodoptera ogasawarensis (Matsumura, 1926) (Matsumura, 1926) species Synonym Euxoa ogasawarensis
Spodoptera permunda (Walker, 1857) (Walker, 1857) species Synonym Prodenia permunda
Spodoptera squalida (Walker, 1865) (Walker, 1865) species Synonym Laphygma squalida
Spodoptera submarginalis (Walker, 1865) (Walker, 1865) species Synonym Agrotis submarginalis
Spodoptera transducta (Walker, 1857) (Walker, 1857) species Synonym Agrotis transducta
Spodoptera venustula (Walker, 1865) (Walker, 1865) species Synonym Prodenia venustula