Helicoverpa zea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Helicoverpa
- Species
- Helicoverpa zea
- Scientific Name
- Helicoverpa zea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Helicoverpa zea
Helicoverpa zea, commonly known as the corn earworm, is a species (formerly in the genus Heliothis) in the family Noctuidae. The larva of the moth Helicoverpa zea is a major agricultural pest. Since it is polyphagous (feeds on many different plants) during the larval stage, the species has been given many different common names, including the cotton bollworm and the tomato fruitworm. It also consumes a wide variety of other crops.
The species is widely distributed across the Americas with the exception of northern Canada and Alaska. It has become resistant to many pesticides, but can be controlled with integrated pest management techniques including deep ploughing, trap crops, chemical control using mineral oil, and biological controls.
The species migrates seasonally, at night, and can be carried downwind up to 400 km. Pupae can make use of diapause to wait out adverse environmental conditions, especially at high latitudes and in drought.
...Helicoverpa zea in languages:
- English
- Corn Earworm
- English
- Corn Earworm Moth
- German
- Baumwollkapselbohrer
- Russian
- Американская кукурузная совка
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Helicoverpa armigera
- Helicoverpa assulta
- Helicoverpa atacamae
- Helicoverpa confusa
- Helicoverpa fletcheri
- Helicoverpa gelotopoeon
- Helicoverpa hardwicki
- Helicoverpa hawaiiensis
- Helicoverpa helenae
- Helicoverpa minuta
- Helicoverpa obsoleta
- Helicoverpa pallida
- Helicoverpa prepodes
- Helicoverpa punctigera
- Helicoverpa tibetensis
- Helicoverpa titicacae
- Helicoverpa toddi
- Helicoverpa zea
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