Bacterial diversity in Spodoptera frugiperda reared with an artificial diet under laboratory conditions

We report the initial implementation of a molecular diagnostic approach to such quality control using Illumina MiSeq sequencing of 16S rRNA genes and a metagenomic approach to evaluate detection of bacteria and viruses in Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) larvae reared using third instar healthy and dead larvae at generation F3.