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Spodoptera littoralis

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
  • 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium & Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia

Description

Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)

COMMON NAME(S): Tomato Worm, African Cotton Leafworm, African Cotton Leafworm Moth, African Cotton Leafworm Moth, Egyptian Cotton Leafworm, Mediterranean Brocade, Cotton Leafworm.

SYNONYM(S): Hadena retina Freyer, 1845; Prodenia testaceoides Guenée, 1852a.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Angola, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Middle East, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Near East, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Réunion, Saint Helena _ Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spain (Canary Islands), Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Monze, in Southern Province; Mkushi and Mumbwa, in Central Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include Rubus sp. (Rosaceae), Solanum sp. (Solanaceae) and Pelargonium sp. (Geraniaceae) in Saint Helena (Karisch 2001; McLachlan 1878), Solanaceae species Solanum americanum Mill. and Brunfelsia uniflora (Pohl) D.Don and Lamiaceae species Thymus vulgaris L. and Coleus sp. in the Réunion (Martiré & Rochat 2008); Gossypium sp. (Malvaceae) and Vitis vinifera L. (Vitaceae) in South Africa (Prinsloo & Uys 2015); and Gossypium sp. and Hibiscus sp. (Malvaceae), Musa sp. (Musaceae) and Chrysanthemum sp. (Asteraceae), elsewhere in Africa (Hacker et al. 2010; McKinley 1968). No specific larval foodplants have been reported for the taxon in Zambia.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hacker et al. 2010; Karisch 2001; Martiré & Rochat 2008; McKinley 1968; McLachlan 1878; Prinsloo & Uys 2015; Strand 1909a –h.

Notes

Published as part of Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), pp. 1-503 in Zootaxa 5354 (1) on page 427, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2C5E4FE7362F6FC08FD399C12

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/10130434 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A908FFCAC44EFFD96261FFB3FFBF9A67 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/553187B2C5E4FE7362F6FC08FD399C12 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/316380469 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/314453/taxon/553187B2C5E4FE7362F6FC08FD399C12.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Boisduval
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Spodoptera
Species
littoralis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Boisduval, J. B. A. (1833) Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lepidopteres. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 122 pp., pls. 1 - 16. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12600
  • Guenee, A. M. (1852 a) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. V. Species general des Lepidopteres. Noctuelites. Tome I. Librairie encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, xvi + 407 pp. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 9810818]
  • Karisch, T. (2001) Zur Schmetterlingsfauna von St. Helena. 1. Teil: Grossschmetterlinge (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 33 (1), 407 - 434.
  • McLachlan, R. (1878) Destructive insects in the island of Ascension. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 15, 79 - 80.
  • Martire, D. & Rochat, J. (2008) Les papillons de La Reunion et leurs chenilles. Biotope, Meze (Collection Parthenope). Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 496 pp.
  • Prinsloo, G. L. & Uys, V. M. (Eds.) (2015) Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. Entomological Society of Southern Africa, Hatfield, xiv + 785 pp.
  • McKinley, D. J. (1968) Key to some larvae of Lepidoptera attacking cotton in Central Africa. Cotton Growers' Review, 45, 184 - 197.
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2022) Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication. Available from: https: // www. afromoths. net / (accessed 20 June 2023)
  • Strand, E. (1909 a) Lepidopteren aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika gesammelt von Herrn Leutnant F. Trefurth. Entomologische Rundschau, 26 (18 & 19), 107 - 109 & 115 - 116. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 10187479]