Spodoptera dolichos

Guadeloupe, Piton de Sainte-Rose, 26-XII-84.

Spodoptera dolichos (Fabricius, 1794)

Noctuidae Amphipyrinae

Synonyms

Spodoptera commelinae (J.E. Smith)
Spodoptera marmorea (Sepp)

Biology and distribution

Polyphagous larva, on wild and cultivated plants.

Very common in Guadeloupe and Martinique.

St-Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica, St-Lucia, St-Vincent, Grenada.
Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto-Rico.

From the south of the United States to Argentina.

Legend

Pheromone

The sex pheromone produced by the female moths has been described without biological evaluation (B. Lalanne-Cassou, C. Descoins, C. Malosse: unpublished data) on females from Guadeloupe. It consists of:

(Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate: 50%
(Z,E)-9,12-tetradecadienyl acetate: 35%
(Z)-11-hexadecenyl acetate: 12%
(Z,Z)-9,12-tetradecadienyl acetate: 3%
(Z)-9-dodecenyl acetate: tr.
(Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetate: tr.

Source: Pherolist, a database on sex pheromones and attractants in Lepidoptera.

Male genitalia (JPG 65 Kb).

Similar species

Spodoptera spp.

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