Spodoptera cilium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Spodoptera |
Species: | S. cilium |
Binomial name | |
Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852 |
Spodoptera cilium, known variously as Dark Mottled Willow, Lawn Caterpillar and Grasslawn Armyworm, is a noctuid moth found throughout much of Sub-Saharan Africa and western, southern and south-east Asia and several countries in southern and eastern Europe. It has been recorded at least nine times in the UK.
It is sometimes a pest.