Taxonomic Information
Spodoptera Guenée, 1852 species known from the Indian region:
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865) (Prodenia). Oriental tropics.
Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852. Old World tropics.
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, [1857]) (Agrotis). Oriental tropics.
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, [1808]) (Noctua). Oriental tropics.
Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797). Native to N. & S. America. Introduced pest in other parts of the world.
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)(Noctua). Oriental tropics.
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)(Hadena). Oriental tropics.
Spodoptera pecten Guenée, 1852. Indo-Australian tropics.
Spodoptera picta (Guérin-Méneville, [1838])(Polia). Oriental tropics.
Spodoptera pectinicornis (Hampson, 1895) (Xanthoptera). NE Himalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | |||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total | 5 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775): Abelmoschus esculentus (Malvaceae), Allium cepa (Amaryllidaceae),Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Annona squamosa (Annonaceae), Carissa carandas (Apocynaceae), Typhonium trilobatum, Colocasia sp. (Araceae), Cordia macleodii (Boraginaceae), Carica papaya (Caricaceae),Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae), Beta vulgaris, Chenopodium album, Spinacia oleracea (Amaranthaceae), Terminalia tomentosa (Combretaceae),Carthamus tinctorius, Chrysanthemum sp., Guizotia abyssinica, Helianthus annuus, Lactuca sativa (Compositae), Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae),Brassica oleracea, Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. sativus(Brassicaceae), Citrullus lanatus, Momordica dioica (Cucurbitaceae), Diospyros montana (Ebenaceae), Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), Sorghum bicolor, Oryza sativa, Saccharum officinarum, Triticum aestivum, Zea mays (Poaceae), Senna obtusifolia, Acacia nilotica, Arachis hypogaea, Cajanus cajan, Clitoria ternatea, Glycine max, Lathyrus sativus, Phaseolus vulgaris, Pisum sativum, Sesbania grandiflora, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Vigna mungo (Fabaceae), Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus spp. (Malvaceae), Ficus carica, Ficus religiosa, Morus alba, Morus nigra (Moraceae), Moringa spp. (Moringaceae), Musa acuminata (Musaceae),Syzygium malaccense, Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae), Argemone mexicana, Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae), Malus pumila, Malus sylvestris, Prunus domestica (Rosaceae), Catunaregam spinosa, Tamilnadia uliginosa (Rubiaceae), Citrus maxima (Rutaceae),Capsicum annuum, Cestrum nocturnum, Solanum lycopersicum, Nicandra physalodes, Nicotiana tabacum, Solanum violaceum, Solanum torvum, Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Corchorus capsularis, Corchorus olitorius (Malvaceae), Apium graveolens (Apiaceae),Lantana camara, Tectona grandis (Verbenaceae), Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
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Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775) – Cotton Leafworm, Tobacco Cutworm. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/spodoptera-litura, accessed 2024/04/19.