Organisms

Helicoverpa armigera

Widely distributed old world bollworm which bore into the wide variety of host’s flowers and fruit and feed within the plant. Old world bollworm was detected in Puerto Rico in 2014 and Florida in 2015 but now eradicated in the United States.

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Abstract

Widely distributed old world bollworm which bore into the wide variety of host’s flowers and fruit and feed within the plant. Old world bollworm was detected in Puerto Rico in 2014 and Florida in 2015 but now eradicated in the United States.

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Synonyms

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  • American Bollworm
  • Corn Ear Worm
  • Heliothis (Helicoverpa) armigera
  • Heliothis armigera
  • Noctua armigera
  • Old World Bollworm
  • Tobacco Budworm
  • American Bollworms
  • Bollworm, American
  • Bollworm, Old World
  • Budworm, Tobacco
  • Corn Ear Worms
  • Ear Worm, Corn
  • Old World Bollworms
  • Tobacco Budworms
  • Worm, Corn Ear

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Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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History Note

2024

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Previous Indexing

  • Moths (1993-2023)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Helicoverpa armigera. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000097666. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000097666
  2. Helicoverpa armigera. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicoverpa_armigera
  3. Helicoverpa armigera. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q811652