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Helicoverpa zea

Helicoverpa zea
Cotton Bollworm
Scientific classification
:Animalia
:Metazoa
:Arthropoda
:Hexapoda
:Insecta
:Pterygota
:Neoptera
:Endopterygota
:Lepidoptera
:Ditrysia
:Noctuidae
:Helicoverpa
:zea
Binomial name
Helicoverpa zea
Boddie , 1850

The larva of the moth Helicoverpa zea is a major agricultural pest for cotton, where it is known as the cotton bollworm, corn, where it is known as the corn earworm, tomatoes, where it is the tomato fruitworm, and many other crops. The adult moth, pictured here is a pollinator. It is very cosmopolitan in what plants it will use as larval food.

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