The butterfly Spodoptera littoralis is not only able to hear these sounds but also to interpret them. This behavior has been documented in the journal eLife, revealing an unsuspected form of ...

Elemental social interactions remain essential even in solitary animal species, such as the African cotton moth and Spodoptera littoralis. The latter is an agricultural pest whose caterpillars ...

Caption The African cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis feeds on the leaves of the wild tobacco Nicotiana attenuata. This pest insect is a food generalist and feeds on many different plants ...