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Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
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Spodoptera mauritia
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833): Sorghum bicolor, Cynodon dactylon, Hordeum, Polytrias indica, Oryza sativa, Megathyrsus maximus, Paspalum scrobiculatum, Cenchrus americanus, Saccharum officinarum, Triticum aestivum, Zea mays (Poaceae), Beta vulgaris (Amaranthaceae), Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae), Phoenix sylvestris (Arecaceae), Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae)
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Chhattisgarh | ||||||||||||
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Similiar species:
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 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.
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 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.
References:
- OD: Hadena mauritia Boisduval, 1833; Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (2): 240; TL: Mauritius, Bourbon. Text at https://archive.org/details/nouvellesannales02muse/page/240/mode/1up?view=theater (in French).
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 248, # 1831. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/274/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 16: 10.
- Muddasar & Venkateshalu, 2017. Taxonomic description of the genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Karnataka. J of Entomol and Zool Studies, 5(5), pp.1854-1858.
- https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/NOCTUIIDAE/XYLENINAE/spodoptera%20mauritia.html
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/amphipyrinae_11_1.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/211020-Spodoptera-mauritia
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Anonymous. 2022. Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/358706/Spodoptera-mauritia
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