Spodoptera mauritia

Lawn armyworm
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Spodoptera
Species:	S. mauritia
Binomial name
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms
Hadena mauritia Boisduval, 1833 Agrotis aliena Walker, 1865 Laphygma gratiosa Walker, 1865 Orthosia margarita Hawthorne, 1897 Agrotis yernauxi Hulstaert, 1924 Spodoptera acronyctoides Guenée, 1852 Spodoptera acronyctiformis Guenée, 1852 Spodoptera filum Guenée, 1852 Spodoptera nubes Guenée, 1852 Euxoa ogasawarensis Matsumura, 1926 Prodenia infecta Walker, 1856 Prodenia insignata Walker, 1856 Prodenia permunda Walker, 1857 Agrotis transducta Walker, [1857] Agrotis bisignata Walker, 1865 (preocc. Celaena bisignata Walker, 1865) Laphygma squalida Walker, 1865 Agrotis submarginalis Walker, 1865 Hadena obliqua Walker, 1865 Prodenia venustula Walker, 1865 Hermonassa formosana Matsumura, 1913

Spodoptera mauritia, the lawn armyworm or paddy swarming caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. Able to eat many types of food, it is a major pest throughout the world.^[1]