Leaf caterpillar, Spodoptera litura

Spodoptera litura, the leaf caterpillar, has several host plants and is a major pest of bananas in all banana growing areas.

1 Larva feeding on banana leaf	2 Damage on cigar leaf	3 Cigar leaf damage due to larva	4 Leaf damage due to larval feeding
5 Leaf damage due to larval feeding	6 Leaf damage due to larval feeding	7 Leaf damage due to larval feeding	8 Cigar leaf damage
9 Cigar leaf damage	10 Cigar leaf damage	11 Cigar leaf damage	12 Feeding damage due to larva
13 Leaf damage	14 Damage caused by Spodoptera larva	15 Larva feeding inside cigar leaf	16 Leaf damage caused by Spodoptera
17 Leaf damage caused by Spodoptera	18 Leaf damage caused by Spodoptera	19 Windowing damage on leaf	20 Symptom of feeding by Spodoptera
21 Windowing damage caused by Spodoptera	22 Windowing damage caused by Spodoptera	23 Windowing damage caused by Spodoptera	24 Larva feeding on Banana leaf
25 Cigar leaf damage by Spodoptera	26 Cigar leaf damage by Spodoptera	27 Larva feeding on cigar leaf of banana	28 Larva feeding on banana
29 Larva feeding on cigar leaf of banana	30 Larva feeding on cigar leaf of banana	31 Larva feeding on cigar leaf of banana	32 Larva feeding on cigar leaf of banana
33 Egg mass	34 Egg mass on banana leaf	35 Gregarious early stage larvae of Spodoptera litura	36 Gregarious early stage larvae of Spodoptera litura
37 Gregarious early stage larvae of Spodoptera litura	38 Early instar larvae feeding on banana	39 Larvae of Spodoptera litura on banana leaf	40 Larva feeding on cigar leaf
41 Larva feeding on cigar leaf	42 Larva feeding on cigar leaf	43 Larvae feeding on banana leaf	44 Larva feeding on banana
45 Larva feeding on cigar leaf	46 Larva feeding on cigar leaf	47 Larva feeding on cigar leaf	48 Larva feeding on banana leaf
49 Larva feeding on cigar leaf	50 Larva feeding on cigar leaf	51 Larva feeding on cigar leaf	52 Larva feeding on banana leaf
53 Larva feeding on banana leaf	54 Larva feeding on banana	55 Larva feeding on cigar leaf	56 Larva feeding on cigar leaf
57 Larva feeding on cigar leaf	58 Larva of Spodoptera litura	59	60 Larva of Spodoptera litura
61 Larva of Spodoptera litura	62 Larva of Spodoptera litura	63 Larva of Spodoptera litura	64 Larva of Spodoptera litura
65 Larva of Spodoptera litura	66 Larva of Spodoptera litura	67 Larva of Spodoptera litura	68 Larva of Spodoptera litura
69 Larva of Spodoptera litura	70 Larva of Spodoptera litura	71 Larva of Spodoptera litura	72 Larva of Spodoptera litura
73 Larva of Spodoptera litura	74 Larva of Spodoptera litura	75 Mature larva of Spodoptera litura	76 Mature larva of Spodoptera litura on banana
77 Mature larva of Spodoptera litura on banana	78 Larva of Spodoptera litura on banana	79 Larva of Spodoptera litura	80 Larva of Spodoptera litura
81 Larva of Spodoptera litura	82 Pupa of Spodoptera litura	83 Pupa of Spodoptera litura	84 Pupa of Spodoptera litura
85 Adult moth resting on banana	86	87 Wings of Spodoptera litura	88 Forewing of Spodoptera litura
89 Larva of Spodoptera litura infected by entomofungal pathogen	90 Spodoptera litura larva parasitized by Glyptapanteles spodopterae	91 Spodoptera litura larva parasitized by Glyptapanteles spodopterae	92 Cocoon of Glyptapanteles spodopterae
93 Glyptapanteles spodopterae, a common parasitoid of II-III instar larvae of S. litura	94 Glyptapanteles spodopterae, a common parasitoid of II-III instar larvae of S. litura	95 Glyptapanteles spodopterae, a common parasitoid of II-III instar larvae of S. litura	96 Glyptapanteles spodopterae, a common parasitoid of II-III instar larvae of S. litura
97 Glyptapanteles spodopterae, a common parasitoid of II-III instar larvae of S. litura	98 Glyptapanteles spodopterae, a common parasitoid of II-III instar larvae of S. litura	99 Metopius rufus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) parasitizes the II-III instar larvae of S. litura	100 Metopius rufus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a parasitoid of the II-III instar larvae of S. litura
101 Metopius rufus, a parasitoid of Spodoptera litura - dorsal view	102 Metopius rufus, a parasitoid of Spodoptera litura - lateral view	103 Telenomus remus is a common egg parasitoid of Spodoptera spp.	104 Cocoon of Chelonus formosanus
105 Chelonus sp. nr. blackburni, an egg-larval parasitoid of Spodoptera spp.	106 Chelonus sp. nr. blackburni, an egg-larval parasitoid of Spodoptera spp.	107 Chelonus sp. nr. blackburni, an egg-larval parasitoid of Spodoptera spp.	108 Chelonus sp. nr. blackburni, an egg-larval parasitoid of Spodoptera spp. - Female
109 Chelonus formosanus is a common egg-larval parasitoid of Spodoptera spp.	110 Eocanthecona furcellata is a common predatory bug associated with Spodoptera litura	111 Eocanthecona furcellata feeding on Spodoptera litura larva	112 Eocanthecona furcellata feeding on Spodoptera litura larva
113 Eocanthecona furcellata feeding on Spodoptera litura larva	114 Eocanthecona furcellata feeding on Spodoptera litura larva	115 Eocanthecona furcellata feeding on Spodoptera litura larva	116 Ropalidia sp. feeding on Spodoptera litura larva
117 Ropalidia sp. feeding on Spodoptera litura larva	118 Blaptostethus sp., a predatory anthocorid bug, is occasionally associated with Spodoptera litura on banana

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