TY  - JOUR
TI  - First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa
AU  - Georg Goergen
AU  - P. Lava Kumar
AU  - Sagnia B. Sankung
AU  - Abou Togola
AU  - Manuele Tamò
PY  - 2016
JO  - PLoS ONE
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0165632
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165632
AB  - The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda is a prime noctuid pest of maize on the American continents where it has remained confined despite occasional interceptions by European quarantine services in recent years. The pest has currently become a new invasive species in West and Central Africa where outbreaks were recorded for the first time in early 2016. The presence of at least two distinct haplotypes within samples collected on maize in Nigeria and São Tomé suggests multiple introductions into the African continent. Implications of this new threat to the maize crop in tropical Africa are briefly discussed.
ER  -