#2983 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Corn Earworm Moth

Helicoverpa zea

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

Helicoverpa zea , commonly known as the corn earworm , is a species (formerly in the genus Heliothis ) in the family Noctuidae. The larva of the moth Helicoverpa zea is a major agricultural pest. Since it is polyphagous (feeds on many different plants) during the larval stage, the species has been given many different common names, including the cotton bollworm and the tomato fruitworm . It also consumes a wide variety of other crops.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 27,430iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
27,430 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1850 (176 years ago).