Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852 
            Cape lawn Moth. 
            SYNONYMS
              Spodoptera capicola, Spodoptera insula, Laphygma cycloides, Laphygma imperviata, Agrotis infixa, Caradrina latebrosa, Laphygma obliterans, Caradrina orbicularis, Caradrina praeterita, Laphygma procedens, Laphygma retrahens, 
            
             
            SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
              apertura, cilium, excelsa, exempta, exigua, littorallis, malagasy, maurita, teferi, triturata, 
            
             
            DISTRIBUTION
              Algeria, Burkina Fasso, DRCongo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, 
              
             
            LARVAL FOODPLANTS
              Grasses, Oryza sativa, Zea mays,