Helicoverpa assulta

Helicoverpa assulta
Helicoverpa assulta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Helicoverpa
Species: 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

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)". Lepidopterta Butterfly House. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  2. Xiao Ming Xia, Kai Yun Wang & Hong Yan Wang (2009). "Resistance of Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to fenvalerate, phoxim and methomyl in China" (pdf). Crop Protection (Elsevier Ltd) 28: 162167. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2008.10.003.

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