Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Noctuidae > Heliothinae > Helicoverpa
Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
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Helicoverpa armigera
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Helicoverpa armigera Hübner, [1809]: Allium cepa (Amaryllidaceae), Cannabis sativa (Cannabaceae), Dianthus caryophyllus (Caryophyllaceae), Carthamus tinctorius, Guizotia abyssinica, Saussurea candicans, Zinnia violacea (Compositae), Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), Avena sativa, Oryza sativa, Pennisetum glaucum, Sorghum bicolor (Poaceae), Acacia catechu, Albizia procera, Arachis hypogaea, Cajanus cajan, Crotolaria juncea, Dalbergia sissoo, Medicago sativa, Pisum sativum (Fabaceae), Linum usitatissimum (Linaceae),Abelmoschus esculentus, Alcea rosea, Gossypium hirsutum, Hibiscus mutabilis (Malvaceae), Platanus orientalis (Platanaceae), Citrus sinensis (Rutaceae), Populus euphratica, Salix tetrasperma (Salicaceae), Antirrhinum majus (Plantaginaceae),Datura stramonium, Hyoscyamus niger, Solanum lycopersicum, Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010); Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae) (Reared by Rachit Singh).
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | ||||||||||||
| Delhi | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | ||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
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| Kerala | ||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | ||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||
| Telangana | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Helicoverpa Hardwick, 1965 species from India
Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
References:
- pl.14:21
- Pl. 45/19.
- Sivasankaran, K., S. Ignacimuthu, M.G. Paulraj & S. Prabhakaran (2012). A Checklist of Noctuidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 111 (Part-3): 79-101.
- Muddasar, Venkateshalu and Shashank P. R. 2017. Taxonomic description of three species of Heliothinae (Noctuidae; Lepidoptera). Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Sep). 737-745.
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/heli/armi.html [accessed 27 October 2016]
- ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. 2013. http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Helicoverpa-armigera.php [accessed 26 January 2016]
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Sondhi, S & Singh, R. 2022. Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808]). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355865/Helicoverpa-armigera
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