Helicoverpa armigera

Cotton bollworm, Corn earworm at Melba, ACT

Helicoverpa armigera at Melba, ACT - 4 Feb 2021
Helicoverpa armigera at Melba, ACT - 4 Feb 2021
Helicoverpa armigera at Melba, ACT - 4 Feb 2021
Helicoverpa armigera at Melba, ACT - 4 Feb 2021
Helicoverpa armigera at Melba, ACT - 4 Feb 2021
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Identification history

Helicoverpa armigera 10 Feb 2021 ibaird
Helicoverpa armigera 10 Feb 2021 GlennCocking
Heliothinae (subfamily) 9 Feb 2021 donhe
Helicoverpa (genus) 9 Feb 2021 ibaird
Unidentified 8 Feb 2021 kasiaaus

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6 comments

donhe wrote:
   9 Feb 2021
similar to Brett & Marie's photos at
http://www.ellura.info/Lepidoptera.html#Heliothis-punctifera
ibaird wrote:
   9 Feb 2021
I'm not sure Helicoverpa (genus) can be ruled out.
ibaird wrote:
   9 Feb 2021
If I had to pick one Heliothine I'd go for H. armigera. See sighting No. 4366076.
donhe wrote:
   10 Feb 2021
Is it not possibly Helicoverpa punctigera also ?
ibaird wrote:
   10 Feb 2021
Yes, my suggestion of H. punctifera was an error, I meant H. punctigera goben its much more commonly observed her, but I now think H. armigera would be more likely. Would be happy with Helicoverpa (genus) or Heliothinae (subfamily).
GlennCocking wrote:
   10 Feb 2021
Unless you think it has signs of Australothis rubrescens, i think its got to be helivoverpa armigera.

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Pararguda nasuta (Wattle Snout Moth) at Melba, ACT - 29 Dec 2020 by kasiaaus
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Gryllacrididae sp. (family) (Wood, Raspy or Leaf Rolling Cricket) at Melba, ACT - 28 Dec 2020 by kasiaaus
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Epyaxa subidaria (Subidaria Moth) at Melba, ACT - 27 Dec 2020 by kasiaaus
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Helicoverpa (genus) (A bollworm) at Melba, ACT - 27 Dec 2020 by kasiaaus
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Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) at Melba, ACT - 27 Dec 2020 by kasiaaus
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Cosmodes elegans (Green Blotched Moth) at Melba, ACT - 23 Dec 2020 by kasiaaus
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Constrictana group constrictana at Melba, ACT - 21 Dec 2020 by kasiaaus
Lecithocera terrigena (Lecithocera terrigena) at Melba, ACT - 21 Dec 2020 by kasiaaus
Helicoverpa punctigera (Native Budworm) at Melba, ACT - 21 Dec 2020 by kasiaaus
Faveria tritalis (Couchgrass Webworm) at Melba, ACT - 21 Dec 2020 by kasiaaus
Pantydia sparsa (Noctuid Moth) at Melba, ACT - 21 Dec 2020 by kasiaaus
Hortophora sp. (genus) (Garden orb weaver) at Melba, ACT - 20 Dec 2020 by kasiaaus

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  • 4 Feb 2021 11:52 PM Recorded on
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