. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 386 - Distribution: Recorded throughout Africa,most of Asia including Israel, India, Burma, Ceylon, Thailand, China, Japan and Korea. Distributed southward to Australia, and through most of the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean regions but not in Hawaii. In Europe it is recorded in Greece and Spain. Hosts: A general feeder but most commonly known as a pest of cotton, tobacco, tomatoes and corn. Other hosts include various grasses, legumes, crucifers, beets, potatoes, citrus and ornamental plants. Life History and Habit
. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 386 - Distribution: Recorded throughout Africa,most of Asia including Israel, India, Burma, Ceylon, Thailand, China, Japan and Korea. Distributed southward to Australia, and through most of the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean regions but not in Hawaii. In Europe it is recorded in Greece and Spain. Hosts: A general feeder but most commonly known as a pest of cotton, tobacco, tomatoes and corn. Other hosts include various grasses, legumes, crucifers, beets, potatoes, citrus and ornamental plants. Life History and Habit of a lower leaf. One Egypt, eggs mature in and make earthen cells There are 7 generation on cotton. In winter small numbers. On tob in vast numbers on one range over the plant, the year where climate s: The eggs are laid in groups of 100 to 300 on underside Temale may deposit as many as 1,500 to 2,000 eggs. In 3 to 4 days. Larvae mature in 2 or 3 weeks, drop to soil in which to pupate. After 7 to 10 days moths emerge, s a year in Egypt with two main generations (June-August) and spring the insect is found chiefly in berseem but in acco in Australia first and second-instar larvae crowd or two leaves but older larvae are more solitary and Generally, the insect will breed continuously throughout permits. Description: Adult - Expanse 30-44 mm. Head and thorax whitish mostly suffused with pale red. Abdomen ochreous tinged with pale red. Forewing ochreous mostly suffused with brown; marked with white. Hindwing white with apex slightly tinged with brown. Resembles adult of yellow-striped armyworra (P. ornithogalli) except that litura female has darker hind wing. The eggs are laTd in groups, each covered with light brown hairs shed by the female during oviposition. The young larvae are pale green, but the first abdominal segment is suffused with black pigment. In late instars the larva is dirty brown with black triangular blotches on the side of each body segment. The rows of these wed
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