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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Heterocerus sp. (genus) (Variegated mud beetle) at Melba, ACT - 16 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
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Agrotis (genus) at Melba, ACT - 16 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
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Scoparia syntaracta (A Pyralid moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Phrissogonus laticostata (Apple looper moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Isturgia penthearia (Delta Geometrid) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Eremochroa alphitias (Pale X-o Moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Unplaced externaria (Mahogany Bark Moth (formerly Hypomecis externaria)) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Dialectica scalariella/aemula (Echium Leaf Miners) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Chloroclystis filata (Filata Moth, Australian Pug Moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
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Agriophara undescribed species (A Gelechioid moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Agriophara undescribed species (A Gelechioid moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Uraba lugens (Gumleaf Skeletonizer) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
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Eupselia beatella (Eupselia beatella) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Eupselia axiepaena (A Twig moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Eupselia satrapella and similar species (An Hypertrophid moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Eupselia satrapella and similar species (An Hypertrophid moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
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Callionyma sarcodes (A Galleriinae moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
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Agrotis porphyricollis (Variable Cutworm) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Crocidosema plebejana (Cotton Tipworm Moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
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Barea (genus) (A concealer moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
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Monopis meliorella (Blotched Monopis Moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
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Crocidosema plebejana (Cotton Tipworm Moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
Crossophora semiota (A Concealer moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus
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Cydia pomonella (Codling Moth) at Melba, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by kasiaaus

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  • 4 Feb 2021 11:52 PM Recorded on
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