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Earias vittella (Fabricius)
Taxonomic position
Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Nolidae: Eariadinae
Common name
Spotted bollworm
Habitat / Crop(s) damaged
Cotton, bhendi, Abutilon indicum, hibiscus, and several other hosts.
Symptoms of damage on cotton include withered terminal shoots due to tip boring by the larvae during pre-flowering stage; flaring of bracts during square and young boll formation stage; shedding of squares and young bolls with boreholes; rotten bolls with larvae and presence on inverted boat shaped cocoon, always outside the fruit on the stem or on the plant debris in the soil.
Earias insulana, commonly known as spiny bollworm, also occurs with E. vittella and causes similar damage and the adults can be distinguished from E. vittella by their fully green fore wings.
Pest status
Major.
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