Species Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
- Noctua exigua Hübner, J. 1808. Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge. Noctuae II. Genuinae B. &c. Augsburg : [by the author] Vol. 4 24 pp. [Date published Jul. 1803 - 1808] [pl. 78, fig. 362].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Europe. - Noctua fulgens Geyer, C. 1832. Noctuae. pls 163-169 in Hübner, J. (ed.). Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge. [Augsburg] : [Hübner] 455 pp. [Date published Apr 1828–Jul 1832] [pl. 168, fig. 796].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (the type is apparently lost (Pogue 2002: 42)), [Sicily, Italy]. - Caradrina pygmaea Rambur, J.P. 1834. Description de plusieurs espèces inedites de Lépidoptères nocturnes du centre et de midi de la France. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3: 379-395, 1 pl. [384, pl. 8, fig. 2].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (the type is apparently lost (Pogue 2002: 42)), Marseille, France. - Caradrina junceti Zeller, P.C. 1847. Bemerkungen über die auf einer Reise nach Italien und Sizilien beobachteten Schmetterlingsarten. Isis von Oken, Jena 1847: 402-457 [447].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Caralonia, Spain.Subsequent designation references:
Pogue, M.G. 2002. A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 43: 1-202 [42]. - Laphygma caradrinoides Walker, F. 1856. Noctuidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 9: 1-252 [190].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Port Natal, [South Africa]. - Caradrina flavimaculata Harvey, L.F. 1876. New Californian and Texas moths. The Canadian Entomologist 8: 35-38, 52-56 [54].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, California, USA.Subsequent designation references:
Pogue, M.G. 2002. A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 43: 1-202 [42]. - Caradrina sebghana Austaut, J.L. 1880. Lépidoptères nouveaux d'Algérie. Le Naturaliste 2: 212 [212].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (the type is apparently lost (Pogue 2002: 42)), Algeria. - Caradrina venosa Butler, A.G. 1880. On two small consignments of Lepidoptera from the Hawaiian Islands. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 17: 6-9 [7].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Honolulu, [Oahu, Hawaii]. - Laphygma antipodea Warren, W. 1914. Hadeninae [=Amphipyrinae]. 317-344, pls 28-31 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Macrolepidoptera of the Indo-Australian Fauna. 11. Noctuiform Phalaenae. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag ii+488 pp, 56 pls. [323].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, [Broken Hill], New South Wales.Subsequent designation references:
Pogue, M.G. 2002. A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 43: 1-202 [42]. - Douzdrina protector Laever, E. de 1985. Étude des Caradrina Ochsenheimer. Un Paradrina nouveau: Paradrina douzina. Un nouveau genre, voisin des Eremodrina Boursin: Douzdrina et une espèce nouvelle: Douzdrina protector (Lépidoptères, Noctuidae Amphipyrinae). Nota Lepidopterologica 8(2): 145-151 [149].
Type data:
Holotype CELL ♂, Douz, Tunisia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Poole, R.W. 1989. Noctuidae. Parts 1–3, Lepidopterorum Catalogus 118 (New Series). Parts 1–3, Lepidopterorum Catalogus 118 (New Series). E.J. Brill & Flora & Fauna Publications : Leiden & Gainsville. xii +1314 pp. [923]
- Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [324]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
The caterpillar is polyphagous on herbaceous plants (predominantly Poaceae and Fabaceae) and an important pest of many crops.
History of changes
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