Australian Native Budworm Dorsal | Australian Native Budworm Black Band on Hind Wings | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Heliothinae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Australian Native Budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera) | ||||
This Photo: | Profile | ||||
Other names: | Corn Ear Worm, Tomato Grub, Tobacco Budworm or Cotton Bollworm | ||||
Thank you Rog Standen & Jack Crosbie for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Riverland and elsewhere Without seeing the hindwings (looking for a pale patch in the trailing black band in H. armigera), it's not possible to differentiate between the introduced H. armigera & this one. None of the specimens, where we have hind wing shots, have been H. armigera on Ellura | |||||
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