Spodoptera
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Spodoptera mauritia
Translingual
Etymology
Greek spodos wood ash + New Latin -ptera wing
Proper noun
Spodoptera f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths, the larvae of which are called armyworms.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection; Noctuoidea – superfamily; Noctuidae – family; Hadeninae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Spodoptera mauritia (lawn armyworm) - type species; Spodoptera cilium (grasslawn armyworm), Spodoptera dolichos (sweet potato armyworm), Spodoptera eridania (southern armyworm), Spodoptera exempta (African armyworm), Spodoptera exigua (beet armyworm), Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm), Spodoptera latifascia (velvet armyworm), Spodoptera littoralis (African cotton leafworm), Spodoptera litura (oriental leafworm moth), Spodoptera ornithogalli (yellow-striped armyworm), Spodoptera pectinicornis (water-lettuce moth), Spodoptera praefica (western yellowstriped armyworm), Spodoptera pulchella (Caribbean armyworm) - selected other species; for other species, see
Spodoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- Spodoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spodoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Spodoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Spodoptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Spodoptera at the Catalogue of Life
- Spodoptera at National Center for Biotechnology Information
