Mythimna loreyi
(maize caterpillar)

Pictures

Picture	Title	Caption	Copyright
Title Larva Caption Full grown larva, Glapwell, Derbyshire, UK. Copyright Jim Porter	Larva	Full grown larva, Glapwell, Derbyshire, UK.	Jim Porter
Title Adult Caption Adult M. loreyi at rest (UK). Copyright David Brown	Adult	Adult M. loreyi at rest (UK).	David Brown

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Mythimna loreyi (Duponchel)

Preferred Common Name

• maize caterpillar

Other Scientific Names

• Acantholeucania loreyi Duponchel
• Cirphis loreyi Duponchel
• Hyphilare loreyi Duponchel
• Leucania loreyi Duponchel
• Noctua loreyi Duponchel
• Pseudaletia loreyi Duponchel

International Common Names

• English: army worm; lorey leafworm

Local Common Names

• Netherlands: Rijstuil, lorey's

EPPO code

• PSEDLO (Mythimna loreyi)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Lepidoptera
•                         Family: Noctuidae
•                             Genus: Mythimna
•                                 Species: Mythimna loreyi

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Growth Stages

List of Symptoms/Signs

Natural enemies

References

Ahmad I; Kamaluddin S, 1988. Morphology and redescription of rice army worms and ear-cutting caterpillars of the genus Mythimna (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Plusiinp) from Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 20(3):283-288

Bhattacherjee NS; Gupta SL, 1971. Identity of Lepidopterous pests infesting wheat crop at Delhi. Indian Journal of Entomology, 33(4):435-451

Bretherton RF; Goater B; Lorimer RI, 1979. Noctuidae. In: Heath J, Emmet JM, eds. The Butterflies and Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 9. London, UK: Curwen Books, 120-278.

Chu YI, 1979. Some notes on the lepidopterous rice insect pests at Jawa Timur, Indonesia. NTU [National Taiwan University] Phytopathologist and Entomologist, No. 6:38-43

CIE, 1970. Distribution Maps of Pests. Series A, No. 275. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.

Daricheva MA, 1976. The trophic relations of Lepidoptera with plants of the family Graminep (preliminary communication). In: Tashlieva AO, ed. Ecology and economic importance of the insects of Turkmenia.: Ekologiya i khozyaistvennoe znachenie nasekomykh Turkmenii. Ylim. Ashkhabad USSR, 93-101

Edwards ED, 1992. A second sugarcane armyworm (Leucania loreyi (Duponchel)) from Australia and the identity of L. loreyimima Rungs (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 31(2):105-108

El-Sherif SI, 1972. On the biology of Leucania loreyi Dup. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Entomologie, 71(1):104-111

Gargav VP; Katiyar OP; Patel RK, 1972. A new record of alternate host of armyworms. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 69(1):213-214

GözüaçIk C; Mart C; Kara K, 2009. Parasitoids of several lepidopterous pests in maize plantations in the Southeast Anatolian Region of Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 33(4):475-477.

Hirai K; Santa H, 1983. Comparative physio-ecological studies on the armyworms, Pseudaletia separata Walker and Leucania loreyi Duponchel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Bulletin of the Chugoku National Agricultural Experiment Station, E, 21:55-101

Jana AK; Chatterjee ML; Ghosh MR, 1993. Ecology and seasonal incidence of different species of rice ear-cutting caterpillars in West Bengal. Indian Journal of Plant Protection, 21(1):90-91

Kalshoven LGE; Laan PA van der (Reviser and translator), 1981. Pests of crops in Indonesia (revised). Jakarta, Indonesia: Ichtiar Baru, 701 pp.

Kara K; GözüaçIk C; Mart C, 2007. Tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Mythimna (Acantholeucania) loreyi in the Southeast Anatolian Region of Turkey. Phytoparasitica, 35(2):136-139. http://www.phytoparasitica.org

Karsholt O; Razowski J, 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books, 380 pp.

Khan M, 1992. Integrated control of insect pests of sugarbeet. Pakistan Sugar Journal, 6(4):7-9

Khan RM; Sharma SK; Gupta BM, 1972. Appearance of armyworms on wheat crop in outbreak form and their control. Madras Agricultural Journal, 59(11/12):663-665

Mandal DK, 1984. Account of the Indian Tons Valley Expedition 1972 with an annotated list of species and redescription of Colias electo fieldi Menetries (Order Lepidoptera) from the Indo-Palparctic Region. Occasional Paper, Records of the Zoological Survey of India, No. 57:35 pp.

Pati P; Mathur KC, 1986. Amyotea (Asopus) malabarica (Fabricius), a predatory bug on leaf feeding pests of rice. Oryza, 23(3):200-201

Porcar M; Caballero P, 2000. Molecular and insecticidal characterization of a Bacillus thuringiensis strain isolated during a natural epizootic. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 89(2):309-316; 38 ref.

Ram Singh; Mrig KK; Chaudhary JP, 1987. Incidence and survival of Mythimna species on cereal crops in Hisar. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 57(1):59-60

Saini SS, 1987. Pest status of armyworms on rice crop in the Punjab. Indian Journal of Plant Protection, 15(1):63-64

Takahashi S, 1983. Simultaneous attraction of three armyworm species to the synthetic sex pheromone of the rice armyworm, Pseudaletia separata (Walker). Memoirs of the College of Agriculture, Kyoto University, No. 122:37-41

Wu JT, 1982. Distribution, seasonal occurrence and natural enemies of armyworm attacking rice in China. International Rice Research Newsletter, 7(2):9-10

Zhao KJ, 1988. A preliminary study on the occurrence of Mythimna loreyi (Dup.). Insect Knowledge, 25(3):140-142

Distribution References

Bretherton RF, Goater B, Lorimer RI, 1979. Noctuidae. In: The Butterflies and Moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 9 [ed. by Heath J, Emmet JM]. London, UK: Curwen Books. 120-278.

CABI Data Mining, Undated. CAB Abstracts Data Mining.,

CABI, Undated. Compendium record. Wallingford, UK: CABI

CABI, Undated a. CABI Compendium: Status inferred from regional distribution. Wallingford, UK: CABI

CABI, Undated b. CABI Compendium: Status as determined by CABI editor. Wallingford, UK: CABI

Chu Y I, 1979. Some notes on the lepidopterous rice insect pests at Jawa Timur, Indonesia. NTU [National Taiwan University] Phytopathologist and Entomologist. 38-43.

Edwards E D, 1992. A second sugarcane armyworm (Leucania loreyi (Duponchel)) from Australia and the identity of L. loreyimima Rungs (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 31 (2), 105-108.

Gargav V P, Katiyar O P, Patel R K, 1972. A new record of alternate host of armyworms. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 69 (1), 213-214.

Jana A K, Chatterjee M L, Ghosh M R, 1993. Ecology and seasonal incidence of different species of rice ear-cutting caterpillars in West Bengal. Indian Journal of Plant Protection. 21 (1), 90-91.

Karsholt O, Razowski J, 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist., Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. 380 pp.

Khan R M, Sharma S K, Gupta B M, 1972. Appearance of armyworms on wheat crop in outbreak form and their control. Madras Agricultural Journal. 59 (11/12), 663-665.

Mandal D K, 1984. Account of the Indian Tons Valley Expedition 1972 with an annotated list of species and redescription of Colias electo fieldi Ménétriès (Order Lepidoptera) from the Indo-Palaearctic Region. In: Occasional Paper, Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 35 pp.

Pati P, Mathur K C, 1986. Amyotea (Asopus) malabarica (Fabricius), a predatory bug on leaf feeding pests of rice. Oryza. 23 (3), 200-201.

Ram Singh, Mrig K K, Chaudhary J P, 1987. Incidence and survival of Mythimna species on cereal crops in Hisar. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 57 (1), 59-60.

Saini S S, 1987. Pest status of armyworms on rice crop in the Punjab. Indian Journal of Plant Protection. 15 (1), 63-64.

UK, CAB International, 1970. Mythimna loreyi. [Distribution map]. In: Distribution Maps of Plant Pests, Wallingford, UK: CAB International. Map 275.

Wu J T, 1982. Distribution, seasonal occurrence and natural enemies of armyworm attacking rice in China. International Rice Research Newsletter. 7 (2), 9-10.

Zhao K J, 1988. A preliminary study on the occurrence of Mythimna loreyi (Dup.). Insect Knowledge. 25 (3), 140-142.

Distribution Maps