Helicoverpa assulta

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Helicoverpa assulta
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Helicoverpa assulta
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H. assulta
Binomial name
Helicoverpa assulta
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Chloridea assulta
  • Heliothis assulta Guenée, 1852
  • Helicoverpa separata Walker, 1857
  • Helicoverpa temperata Walker, 1857
  • Helicoverpa succinea Moore, 1881
  • Helicoverpa afra Hardwick, 1965

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The oriental tobacco budworm (Helicoverpa assulta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found all over the old worlds tropics, from South Africa through the Middle East, central and south-east Asia to Australia.

Description

The species have a brown coloured pattern on their forewings while their hindwings are yellowish-orange and have brown margin which has a pale mark.[1] The wingspan is about 25 millimetres (0.98 in). The adults are migratory.

The larvae feed on various Solanaceae species, including Lycopersicon, Nicotiana (Nicotiana tabacum), Physalis and Solanum. It also feeds on fruits of Physalis peruviana and Datura species.[1]

Pest

In 2004 and 2005 respectively in Anhui and Yunnan provinces of China, the species was found to be resistant to fenvalerate.[2]

Subspecies

  • Helicoverpa assulta assulta (Indo-Australian tropics)
  • Helicoverpa assulta afra (African tropics)

References

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