Spodoptera exigua

TaxID: 7107

Basic Information

Spodoptera exigua

Beet Armyworm, beet armyworm

The beet armyworm or small mottled willow moth (Spodoptera exigua) is one of the best-known agricultural pest insects. It is also known as the asparagus fern caterpillar. It is native to Asia, but has been introduced worldwide and is now found almost anywhere its many host crops are grown. The voracious larvae are the main culprits. In the British Isles, where it is an introduced species and not known to breed, the adult moth is known as the small mottled willow moth.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Noctuidae

Spodoptera

exigua

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Pete Woodall@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (10 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina A1 list 2019
Bahrain Quarantine pests 2003
Brazil A1 list 2018
Ghana Quarantine pests —
Mexico Quarantine pests —
Oman Present —
Panama Quarantine pests —
Qatar Present —
Seychelles Quarantine pests —
Uruguay Absent —

Distribution (91 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bangladesh Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (4 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_902829305.4 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_022315195.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_022117675.1 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_011316535.1 Chromosome 446 3467 14363 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR36825069 Whole body - - 51072367 South Korea: Andong
SRR36825068 Whole body - - 61416035 South Korea: Andong
SRR36825067 Whole body - - 54344810 South Korea: Andong

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature