Bollworm
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A bollworm is a common term for any larva of a moth that attacks the fruiting bodies of certain crops, especially cotton. The most common moths known as bollworms are:
- The American Cotton Bollworm or Corn Earworm: Helicoverpa zea
- The African Cotton Bollworm or Tomato Grub: Helicoverpa armigera
- The Golden Mesty Bollworm Sheblorbel Stormon
- The Pink Bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella
- The Spiny Bollworm: Earias spp.
- The Quemy Bollowrm Pelinchinia
[edit] See also
- Boll weevil, the beatle Anthonomus grandis