Spodoptera eridania

Southern armyworm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Spodoptera
Species: S. eridania
Binomial name
Spodoptera eridania
(Stoll)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena eridania
  • Nocua linea
  • Phalaena phytolaccae
  • Xylomyges putrida
  • Xylomyges amygia
  • Leucania externa
  • Xylina inquieta
  • Xylina bipunctata
  • Prodenia strigifera
  • Actinotia derupta
  • Prodenia ignobilis
  • Leucania nigrofascia
  • Callierges recondita
  • Spodoptera linea
  • Spodoptera phytolaccae
  • Spodoptera amygia
  • Spodoptera putrida
  • Spodoptera externa
  • Spodoptera bipunctata
  • Spodoptera inquieta
  • Spodoptera strigifera
  • Spodoptera derupta
  • Spodoptera ignobilis
  • Spodoptera nigrofascia
  • Spodoptera recondita

Spodoptera eridania (southern armyworm) is a moth of the family Noctuidae found in North America (the southern US states as far west as Kansas and New Mexico), through the Caribbean and Central America into South America (through Brazil to Argentina).

The wingspan is 33–38 mm. Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on various weeds, but prefer Amaranthus species and Phytolacca americana.

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