#2925 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Cotton Bollworm Moth

🇳🇱 Katoendaguil ·Helicoverpa armigera

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The cotton bollworm , corn earworm or Old World (African) bollworm , Helicoverpa armigera , (also known as the scarce bordered straw in the UK, where it is a migrant) is a moth, the larvae of which feed on a wide range of plants, including many important cultivated crops. It is a major pest in cotton and one of the most polyphagous and cosmopolitan pest species. It should not be confused with the similarly named, related species Helicoverpa zea .

base stats

NL sightings 16iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,678iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).