Spodoptera cosmioides is an armyworm moth of the family Noctuidae found in Central America and South America (from Panama and Trinidad south to Argentina).
| Spodoptera cosmioides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Spodoptera |
| Species: | S. cosmioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Spodoptera cosmioides Walker, 1858
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Taxonomy edit
Walker (1858)[1] originally described cosmioides, placing it in the genus Prodenia.
Basionym: Prodenia cosmioides Walker, 1858.
Pogue (2002)[2] revived S. cosmioides (Walker, 1858), as a valid species (though misspelled as S. cosmiodes), from synonymy with S. latifascia (Walker, 1856).
Description edit
The wingspan is about 38 to 42 mm (1.5 to 1.7 in).
Ecology edit
No host plants are listed for S. cosmioides on the HOSTS database of the Natural History Museum, London.[3] However, S. cosmioides and closely related congeners feed on many herbaceous plants and are regarded as pests thereof (e.g. da Silva et al., 2017[4]).
Geography edit
Type Locality: Pará, Brazil.
Pogue (2002) saw voucher material from the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad, Venezuela.
Similar species edit
- Spodoptera latifascia (Walker, 1856)
- Spodoptera descoinsi Lalanne-Cassou & Silvain, 1994
(see Pogue, 2002) for differences
References edit
- ^ Walker, Francis (1856). List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1678.
- ^ Pogue, Michael (2002). "A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée: (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). no. 43". American Entomological Society. OCLC 49642771.
- ^ "HOSTS - the Hostplants and Caterpillars Database at the Natural History Museum".
- ^ ds Silva, Débora (2017). "Biology of Spodoptera eridania and Spodoptera cosmioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Different Host Plants". Florida Entomologist. 100 (4): 752–760. doi:10.1653/024.100.0423. S2CID 55240402.
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