Spodoptera pecten
Encyclopedia
Spodoptera pecten is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is from the Indo-Australian tropics to New Guinea
. It has also been recorded from Japan
and Hawaii
.
The larvae feed on various grasses, but have also been recorded feeding on the seeds of Shorea curtisii
.
The fully grown larva is brownish or greenish grey with paler dorsal and subdorsal stripes, the latter edged above with black lunules. There is a pale spiracular stripe edged above by purple.
Pupation takes place in the soil in a slight earthen cocoon.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is from the Indo-Australian tropics to New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
. It has also been recorded from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
.
The larvae feed on various grasses, but have also been recorded feeding on the seeds of Shorea curtisii
Shorea curtisii
Shorea curtisii is a species of tree in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand....
.
The fully grown larva is brownish or greenish grey with paler dorsal and subdorsal stripes, the latter edged above with black lunules. There is a pale spiracular stripe edged above by purple.
Pupation takes place in the soil in a slight earthen cocoon.