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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

External links

• H. virescens, tobacco budworm on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site