Bollworm is the common term for a moth larva that attacks the fruiting bodies of certain

crops A crop is a plant that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. When the plants of the same kind are cultivated at one place on a large scale, it is called a crop. Most crops are cultivated in agriculture or hydroponics ...

, especially cotton. The most common moths known as bollworms are: * Red or Sudan bollworm, ''

Diparopsis castanea ''Diparopsis castanea'' is the type species of the genus '' Diparopsis'': moths in the family Noctuidae; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. This is known as the red bollworm, which is a significant pest of cotton crops in Eastern ...

'' * Rough bollworm, '' Earias perhuegeli'' * Spotted bollworm, ''

Earias fabia ''Earias fabia'', called the cotton spotted bollworm as a larva, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is sometimes included in the species '' Earias vittella''. Larval food plants are ''G ...

'' * Spiny bollworm, '' Earias insulana'' * Spotted bollworm, ''

Earias vittella ''Earias vittella'', an Asian "spotted bollworm", is a moth species in the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, spec ...

'' * American cotton bollworm or tomato grub, ''

Helicoverpa armigera ''Helicoverpa armigera'' is a species of Lepidoptera in the family Noctuidae. It is known as the cotton bollworm, corn earworm, Old World (African) bollworm, or scarce bordered straw (the lattermost in the UK, where it is a migrant). The larvae f ...

'' * Cotton bollworm, ''

Helicoverpa gelotopoeon ''Helicoverpa gelotopoeon'', the South American bollworm moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern South America, including Chile and Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, Repúbli ...

'' * Cotton bollworm, '' Helicoverpa punctigera'' * Corn earworm, '' Helicoverpa zea'' * Tobacco budworm, '' Heliothis virescens'' * Pink bollworm, '' Pectinophora gossypiella'' * Pinkspotted bollworm, ''

Pectinophora scutigera ''Pectinophora scutigera'', the Queensland pink bollworm or pinkspotted bollworm, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Holdaway in 1926 from Australia, where it occurs in coastal and central Queensland. It has also been recorde ...

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