It is looking like Spodoptera litura/ Spodoptera littoralis

dear Miguel,

just to say hello: I am glad to see that you turned your old hobby of butterfly collection into real scientific career. [I still remember the collection trip that we spent together in Colombia collecting whiteflies.]

prof emeritus David Wool.  

Looks like Spodoptera pulchella

Ciertamente es una larva de Spodoptera sin embargo la especie correcta solo se podrá saber obteniendo los adultos, que es fácil obtenerlo a través de cría.

saludos

Hi Flor and Gireesh:

Thank you for your help and nice to hear from both of you.  I think my specimen is more close to S. pulchella than S. littoralis or litura because the larva does not have the orange dorsal band. I am rearing the larva to get the adult and confirm the species.

Regards,

Luis Miguel

Hello David:

Yes, I remember the trip we spent together in Colombia collecting white flies. We had a great time. Nice to hear from you.

Regards,

Luis Miguel

Hola Joel:

Cuando obtenga los adultos en una semana o dos te enseño las fotos para que me ayudes con la identificación de la especie.

Saludos,

Luis Miguel

Thank you Waheed for your answer. The tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura  is found throughout tropical and temperate Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Islands. We do not have records in the Americas for this species.

Regards,

Luis Miguel

I had worked on Spodoptera littoralis in Egypt. I am sure this is not S. littoralis because of the dorsal dark spots . It may be theYellow-striped Armyworm - Spodoptera ornithogalli or S. cosmioides . Please find the attached files

Good Luck

Thank you Wafaa for the document

Hello everybody:

Finally I obtained the adults (male and female). These belongs to Spodoptera latifascia. Please check the photographs of the male and female (expupa)

Regards,

Luis Miguel

Congratulation

Regards,

Wafaa

Of course, it is larva of Spodoptera spp.