African Moths Gambia


     

Spodoptera triturata (Walker, 1857)

Lawn Worm.

SYNONYMS
Caradrina triturata, Celaena bisignata,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
apertura, cilium, excelsa, exempta, exigua, littorallis, malagasy, maurita, teferi, triturata,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Burundi, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Grasses,

 

Spodoptera triturata
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
Spodoptera triturata   Spodoptera triturata   Spodoptera triturata
Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (ZA)
Spodoptera triturata   Spodoptera triturata  
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
 
Photo: T. Baron
Underside (GM)
  Live (GM)  
Distribution Map
Spodoptera triturata
 
Spodoptera triturata
 
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