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Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Prodeniini (tribe)/  Spodoptera (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walker, 1857)
Citation:Agrotis exempta
Original genus:Agrotis
Publication:Walker F. 1857a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part X.– Noctuidae.
Journal:—
Volume:10 (1856)
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Pagination:355
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39339808
Name(English):African army worm
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Spodoptera exempta (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 585♂, NHMUK. Unknown.
Distribution note:

Australasia: Australia, Hawaii, Moluccas, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Solomon Islands; Oriental: Andamans, Cocos-Keeling Islands, India, Indonesia (Java), Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sikkim, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Palaearctic: S. Europe, Egypt, Japan.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Angola Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Botswana Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Burkina Faso Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 157
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Burundi Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) 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 exempta (Walker, 1857) Cabo Verde Fogo Mück O., Passos de Carvalho J., van Harten A. & Traub B. 1990. Los [sic] lepidópteros nocivos em Cabo Verde. page 20
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Cameroon Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Chad Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 157
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Congo Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 157
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 157
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Côte d'Ivoire Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 157
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Djibouti Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 153
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Eritrea Berio E. 1939a. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea I. Lista delle specie con descrizioni delle nuove entità raccolte negli anni 1934 al 1937 dal sig. Francesco Vaccaro. page 53
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Eswatini Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Ethiopia Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Gabon Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Gambia Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Ghana Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). page 262
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Guinea Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Guinea-Bissau Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 157
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). page 262
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Lesotho Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Liberia Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 157
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 217
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Malawi Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Mali Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Mauritania Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 157
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Mauritius Madl M. & van Achterberg C. 2014. A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion. page 107
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Mozambique Saraiva A. C. 1939. A preliminary list of the insect pests of crops and fruit trees in Portuguese East Africa. page 104
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Namibia Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Niger Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Nigeria Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). page 262
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Rwanda Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Sao Tome & Principe São Tomé Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Saudi Arabia Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 260
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Senegal Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Seychelles Aldabra Pogue M. 2002. A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page 64
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Sierra Leone Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Somalia Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 260
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) South Africa Free State Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 163
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) South Africa Eastern 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 exempta (Walker, 1857) South Africa Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). page 262
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) South Africa Gauteng Buckle A. S. 1908. Notes on a collection of Lepidoptera from Aden and from the Transvaal. page 10
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) South Africa Western Cape Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 224
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) South Africa Limpopo Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 163
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) South Africa Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 157
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) South Africa Mpumalanga Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 163
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 163
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Sudan Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). page 262
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Tanzania Zanzibar (Unguja) Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) 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 exempta (Walker, 1857) Togo Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 153
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Uganda Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). page 262
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Yemen Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 242
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Zambia Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 244
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). page 262
Plant note:

Poaceae and Cyperaceae (see J. Brown 1970: 237; J. Brown & Dewhurst 1975: 244; M. J. Haggis 1986: 151; H. Hacker, H.-P. Schreier & Aistleitner 2010: 47; G. L. Prinsloo & V. M. Uys 2015: 225). Info on biology and rearing by J. J. Mathee (1946).

Brown E. S. 1970. Control of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walk.) – an appreciation of the problem.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Capsicum sp. Solanaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Coffea sp. Rubiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Digitaria abyssinica Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186 (as D. scalarum)
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Eleusine coracana Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Gossypium sp. Malvaceae McKinley D. J. 1968. Key to some larvae of Lepidoptera attacking cotton in Central Africa. page 187
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Hyparrhenia rufa Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Oryza sp. Poaceae Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 151
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Phaseolus sp. Fabaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Saccharum officinarum Poaceae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 116
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Sorghum sp. Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Sorghum sp. Poaceae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 116
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Sorghum sp. Poaceae Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 151
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Triticum sp. Poaceae Haggis M. J. 1986. Distribution of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the frequency of larval outbreaks in Africa and Arabia. page 151
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Undefined Grasses Undefined Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Undefined Grasses Undefined South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 81
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) 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 exempta (Walker, 1857) Zea mays Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 186
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Zea mays Poaceae Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. page 96
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Zea mays Poaceae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 116
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Apanteles sp. Braconidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 226
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Campoletis sp. Ichneumonidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 226
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Chelonus sp. Braconidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 226
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Enicospilus sp. Ichneumonidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 226
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Euplectrus laphygmae Eulophidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 226
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Meteorus laphygmarum Braconidae Mauritius Madl M. & van Achterberg C. 2014. A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion. page 107
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Meteorus laphygmarum Braconidae Madagascar Brénière J. 1965. Liste des paraites et prédateurs des principaux insectes nuisibles aux cultures à Madagascar. page 347
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Meteorus sp. Braconidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 226
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Microplitis sp. Braconidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 226
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Netelia sp. Ichneumonidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 226
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Pimpla sp. Ichneumonidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 226
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Spodoptera bipars (Walker, 1857) (Walker, 1857) species Synonym Prodenia bipars
Spodoptera ingloria (Walker, 1858) (Walker, 1858) species Synonym Prodenia ingloria
Spodoptera metriodes (Bethune-Baker, 1911) (Bethune-Baker, 1911) species Synonym Prodenia metriodes