Definition of Genus Spodoptera

1. Noun. Moths whose larvae are armyworms.

Exact synonyms: Spodoptera
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Noctuidae, Noctuidae
Member holonyms: Spodoptera Exigua, Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera Exigua, Spodoptera Frugiperda

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Spodoptera

genus Sphenodon
genus Sphyraena
genus Sphyrapicus
genus Sphyrna
genus Spilogale
genus Spinacia
genus Spinus
genus Spiraea
genus Spiranthes
genus Spirillum
genus Spirochaeta
genus Spirodela
genus Spirogyra
genus Spirula
genus Spizella
genus Spodoptera (current term)
genus Spondias
genus Sporobolus
genus Spraguea
genus Spyeria
genus Squalus
genus Squatina
genus Squilla
genus Stachys
genus Stanhopea
genus Stanleya
genus Stapelia
genus Staphylea
genus Staphylococcus
genus Staurikosaurus

Literary usage of Genus Spodoptera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1867)
"... blackish line : hind wing and abdomen brown. Head and thorax dark reddish brown. Expanse \\ inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. F. Moore. Genus SPODOPTERA, Guen. ..."

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