Abstract Background The Lepidoptera Spodoptera frugiperda is a pest which causes
widespread economic damage on a variety of crop plants. It is also well known through its
famous Sf9 cell line which is used for numerous heterologous protein productions. Species
of the Spodoptera genus are used as model for pesticide resistance and to study virus host
interactions. A genomic approach is now a critical step for further new developments in
biology and pathology of these insects, and the results of ESTs sequencing efforts need to …

Background: The Lepidoptera Spodoptera frugiperda is a pest which causes widespread
economic damage on a variety of crop plants. It is also well known through its famous Sf9
cell line which is used for numerous heterologous protein productions. Species of the
Spodoptera genus are used as model for pesticide resistance and to study virus host
interactions. A genomic approach is now a critical step for further new developments in
biology and pathology of these insects, and the results of ESTs sequencing efforts need to …