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Parts of Nagaland under attack of Fall Army Worm

Kohima, May 19 (UNI) The Fall Army Worm (FAW) is exotic and invasive migratory pest, which is a voracious feeder. The adult moth are capable of flying long distances to cover 100 Km in one night alone and in its life time and a generation, an adult can fly up to 300 miles.

Official sources said that the Fall Army Worm (Spodoptera frugiperda. J.E Smith 1797) is a species in the order of Lepidoptera of the family Noctuidae.
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