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.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The adults are migratory.

The larvae feed on various Solanaceae species, including Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Physalis and Solanum.

Subspecies

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

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