| Lawn armyworm |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: |
Noctuoidea |
| Family: |
Noctuidae |
| Genus: |
Spodoptera |
| Species: |
S. mauritia |
| Binomial name |
Spodoptera mauritia
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| Synonyms |
- Hadena mauritia Boisduval, 1833
- Agrotis aliena Walker, 1865
- Laphygma gratiosa Walker, 1865
- Orthosia margarita Hawthorne, 1897
- Agrotis yernauxi Hulstaert, 1924
- Spodoptera acronyctoides Guenée, 1852
- Spodoptera acronyctiformis Guenée, 1852
- Spodoptera filum Guenée, 1852
- Spodoptera nubes Guenée, 1852
- Euxoa ogasawarensis Matsumura, 1926
- Prodenia infecta Walker, 1856
- Prodenia insignata Walker, 1856
- Prodenia permunda Walker, 1857
- Agrotis transducta Walker, [1857]
- Agrotis bisignata Walker, 1865 (preocc. Celaena bisignata Walker, 1865)
- Laphygma squalida Walker, 1865
- Agrotis submarginalis Walker, 1865
- Hadena obliqua Walker, 1865
- Prodenia venustula Walker, 1865
- Hermonassa formosana Matsumura, 1913
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Spodoptera mauritia, the lawn armyworm or paddy swarming caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. Able to eat many types of food, it is a major pest throughout the world.