Spodoptera triturata ( Walker, 1857a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 427

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C5E4-FE73-62F6-F92EFCAD9D91
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Spodoptera triturata ( Walker, 1857a )
status

Treatment

Spodoptera triturata ( Walker, 1857a) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Armyworm.

SYNONYM(S): Celaena bisignata Walker, 1865b ; Laphygma gratiosa Walker, 1865b .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include wheat, Triticum vulgare L. ( Poaceae ) and yet to be identified grass ( Poaceae ) species.

SOURCES: Brown & Dewhurst 1975; De Prins & De Prins 2022.