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Sweet Potato Armyworm Moth
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Butterflies & moths

Sweet Potato Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera dolichos Fabricius, 1794

Names

EnglishSweet Potato Armyworm Moth
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameSpodoptera dolichos Fabricius, 1794

About this species

Spodoptera dolichos, the dolichos armyworm moth or sweetpotato armyworm moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found from the southern United States (including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas), south through Costa Rica to South America, as far south as Argentina. In the United States, it may occur as far north as Kentucky and Maryland.

The wingspan is about 40 millimetres (1+5⁄8 in).

The larvae are polyphagous and feed on a wide range of wild and cultivated plants

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae
GenusSpodoptera

In Suriname

12Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2017First record
2020Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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