DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF SPODOPTER A FROM FRENCH-GUIANA - S-DESCOINSI (LEPIDOPTERA, NOCTUIDAE, AMPHIPYRINAE), DISCOVERED WITH SEXUALATTRACTANTS

Authors
LALANNECASSOU B SILVAIN JF MONTI L MALOSSE C
Citation
B. Lalannecassou et al., DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF SPODOPTER A FROM FRENCH-GUIANA - S-DESCOINSI (LEPIDOPTERA, NOCTUIDAE, AMPHIPYRINAE), DISCOVERED WITH SEXUALATTRACTANTS, Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 30(1), 1994, pp. 25-32
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Annales de la Societe entomologique de France → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379271
Volume
30
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
25 - 32
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9271(1994)30:1<25:DOANSO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
S. descoinsi, n. sp. is close to S. latifascia Walker. The two species can be separated by the wing and body coloration, the morphology of m ale and female genitalia and the amount of a major pheromonal componen t. Spodoptera descoinsi is only known from French Guiana and could be found in sympatry with S. latifascia in this country.