Spodoptera cosmioides
| Spodoptera cosmioides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Spodoptera |
| Species: | S. cosmioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Spodoptera cosmioides Walker, 1858
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Spodoptera cosmioides is an armyworm moth of the family Noctuidae found in Central America and South America (from Panama and Trinidad south to Argentina).
Taxonomy[edit]
Walker (1858)[1] originally described cosmioides, placing it in the genus Prodenia.
Basionym: Prodenia cosmioides Walker, 1858.
Pogue (2002)[2] revived S. cosmioides (Walker, 1858), as a valid species (though misspelled as S. cosmiodes), from synonymy with S. latifascia (Walker, 1856).
Description[edit]
The wingspan is about 38 to 42 mm (1.5 to 1.7 in).
Ecology[edit]
No host plants are listed for S. cosmioides on the HOSTS database of the Natural History Museum, London.[3] However, S. cosmioides and closely related congeners feed on many herbaceous plants and are regarded as pests thereof (e.g. da Silva et al., 2017[4]).
Geography[edit]
Type Locality: Pará, Brazil.
Pogue (2002) saw voucher material from the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad, Venezuela.
Similar species[edit]
- Spodoptera latifascia (Walker, 1856)
- Spodoptera descoinsi Lalanne-Cassou & Silvain, 1994
(see Pogue, 2002) for differences
References[edit]
- ^ Walker, Francis (1856). List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1678.
- ^ Pogue, Michael (2002). "A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée: (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). no. 43". American Entomological Society. OCLC 49642771.
- ^ "HOSTS - the Hostplants and Caterpillars Database at the Natural History Museum".
- ^ ds Silva, Débora (2017). "Biology of Spodoptera eridania and Spodoptera cosmioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Different Host Plants". Florida Entomologist. 100 (4): 752–760. doi:10.1653/024.100.0423. S2CID 55240402.
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