Host Plants ofSpodoptera frugiperda(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas

Abstract

The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is the most important noctuid pest in the Americas and has recently become an invasive pest in Africa. A detailed record of S. frugiperda's host plants is essential to better understand the biology and ecology of this pest, conduct future studies, and develop Integrated Pest Management programmes. In this study, we collected and systematically arranged the fragmented bibliographic information on S. frugiperda feeding records. Furthermore, we registered new records of host plants for S. frugiperda based on eight years of surveys in Brazil. The literature review and surveys resulted in a total of 353 S. frugiperda larval host plant records belonging to 76 plant families, principally Poaceae (106), Asteraceae (31) and Fabaceae (31). The literature search revealed 274 (77 % of total) bibliographic records, while 82 (23 %) are new records from surveys in Brazil. The new comprehensive and updated host plant list will improve our understanding of pest biology and management, as well as facilitate future studies on this pest.

Farmer perception of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiderda J.E. Smith) and farm‐level management practices in Zambia

“…Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), was reported for the first time on the African continent and spread to 44 countries by 2018 . The pest is native to the Americas and has been reported to feed on up to 186 host plants, while a thorough literature review and additional surveys reported 353 host plants . The main hosts have been reported to be maize, wheat, sorghum and rice which constitute the main staple food crops for most countries .…”

“…7 The pest is native to the Americas and has been reported to feed on up to 186 host plants, 8 while a thorough literature review and additional surveys reported 353 host plants. 9 The main hosts have been reported to be maize, wheat, sorghum and rice which constitute the main staple food crops for most countries. 10 Most of the economic damage is caused by late instar larvae that bore into the maize cob to feed on the kernels.…”

Development of a simple and accurate molecular tool forSpodoptera frugiperdaspecies identification using LAMP

“…The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a polyphagous migratory pest that feeds on over 80 species of plants, mostly known as a major pest of maize and various cereals (Montezano et al, 2018;Spark, 1979). There are two morphologically indistinguishable host-plant specific strains of S. frugiperda, the "corn strain" and the "rice strain".…”

An updated global COI barcode reference data set for Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and first record of this species in Bhutan

“…FAW feeds on more than 300 species including grains (rice, maize, sorghum), other grasses, many non-grain crops (e.g., soybean, peanut, potato, sweet potato, spinach, tomato, etc. ) and can cause devastating losses (Day et al, 2017;Montezano et al, 2018). Like many pests, it is the larval stage that causes the damage, yet larvae are difficult to identify.…”