Bollworm

thumb|''Helicoverpa zea'' '''Bollworm''' is the common term for a moth larva that attacks the fruiting bodies of certain crops, especially cotton. The most common moths known as bollworms are:

* Red or Sudan bollworm, ''Diparopsis castanea'' * Rough bollworm, ''Earias perhuegeli'' * Spotted bollworm, ''Earias fabia'' * Spiny bollworm, ''Earias insulana'' * Spotted bollworm, ''Earias vittella'' * American cotton bollworm or tomato grub, ''Helicoverpa armigera'' * Cotton bollworm, ''Helicoverpa gelotopoeon'' * Cotton bollworm, ''Helicoverpa punctigera'' * Corn earworm, ''Helicoverpa zea'' * Tobacco budworm, ''Heliothis virescens'' * Pink bollworm, ''Pectinophora gossypiella'' * Pinkspotted bollworm, ''Pectinophora scutigera'' <!-- not encyclopedic or referenced They eat all sorts of plant materials, including cotton plants. They cost cotton growers a lot of money throughout the growing season, having to spray the bollworms can cost over $5000,{{clarify|date=March 2017|reason=per acre, per hectare, ...?}} about three times a year.

-->== See also == *Cotton bollworm *Boll weevil, the beetle ''Anthonomus grandis''

==External links== *[http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/field/tobacco_budworm.htm ''H. virescens'', tobacco budworm] on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

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