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Two Important Insect Pests, Spodoptera litura (F.) and S. littoralis (BOISD.) (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae), on Various Crops-Morphological Discrimination of the Adult, Pupal, and Larval Stages

O. Mochida

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Adult speciments of S. litura from Japan (Kyushu and Amami-oshima), Formosa, and Australia were compard with one another for possible geographic variation. The adult, pupal, and larval stages of S. litura from Japan were morphologically compared with S. littoralis from Egypt.

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Key concepts: Spodoptera litura, Biology, Noctuidae, Lepidoptera genitalia, Pupa, Larva, Spodoptera littoralis, Insect