Spodoptera pecten is a moth of the family Noctuidae found from the Indo-Australian tropics to New Guinea. It has also been recorded from Japan and Hawaii.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Spodoptera |
| Species: | S. pecten
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| Binomial name | |
| Spodoptera pecten Guenee, 1852
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The larvae feed on various grasses, but have also been recorded feeding on the seeds of Shorea curtisii.
See also
edit- African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta)
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