Sarwar, Zahid MahmoodMalik, Ayub IqbalSuhail, MaryamSaeed, ShafqatSial, Muhammad UmairJaleel, WaqarNaqqash, Muhammad Nadir2024-11-072024-11-0720210030-9923https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/20170725160707https://hdl.handle.net/11480/15937A comprehensive and a comparative taxonomic study of new species of the genus Spodoptera i.e. Spodoptera hirsutus is very similar to the Spodoptera litura but easily distinguish on the basis of different characters of genitalia. Specimens of this genus were identified on the base of their genitalia characters. This new species Spodoptera hirsutus was collected from Muzzafarghar with the help of light traps. The abdomen was dissected for the removal of genitalia and these genitalia were mounted permanently with Hoyer's medium. A key to the species of the genus Spodoptera from Pakistan is also given here. Taxonomic review of Noctuidae becomes superlative and very essential with this contextual the state of Pakistan. This was selected to the taxonomic study of Noctuidae. This research is initiative clue for further description, illustration and classification of unidentified species of the genus Spodoptera from Pakistan.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMorphologyArmywormMale genitaliaSpodopteraIdentificationArticle5351981198410.17582/journal.pjz/201707251607072-s2.0-85113960803Q4WOS:000689325600025Q4