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

• Georg Goergen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Georg Goergen, P. Lava Kumar

  * E-mail: g.goergen@cgiar.org

  Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4496-0495

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• P. Lava Kumar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Georg Goergen, P. Lava Kumar

  Affiliation IITA, PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria

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• Sagnia B. Sankung,

  Affiliation FAO, BP 2643, Libreville, Gabon

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• Abou Togola,

  Affiliation IITA, PMB 3112, Kano, Nigeria

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• Manuele Tamò

  Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin

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