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Bollworm
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 == See also == *Cotton bollworm *Boll weevil, the beetle Anthonomus grandis
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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 == See also == *Cotton bollworm *Boll weevil, the beetle Anthonomus grandis
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