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Spodoptera
cilium Guenee
Spodoptera cilium Guenee, 1852, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lep., 5:
156.
Spodoptera cilium Guenee; Brown & Dewhurst, 1975: 251.
Diagnosis. This species is more uniform in both sexes than S. pecten, with filiform
antennae in the male. The hindwings are almost entirely white except for a
narrow pale brown zone at the margin.
Geographical
range. Old World tropics.
Habitat
preference. The species is much rarer than the previous two, but is found in
similar habitats.
Biology.
The larva
has chisel-like mandibles as in mauritia and lacks black colouring, but
the central segmental spots are usually not long and narrow (Brown &
Dewhurst, 1975). In India (Sevastopulo, 1941b) the larva is variably greenish
brown in general coloration.
The
species is a grass feeder (Brown & Dewhurst) and has been noted from rice (Oryza)
in the Oriental Region.
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