Helicoverpa punctigera

Helicoverpa punctigera, the native budworm or Australian bollworm, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. This species is native to Australia. H. punctigera are capable of long distance migration from their inland Australian habitat towards coastal regions[2] and are an occasional migrant to New Zealand.[3]

Helicoverpa punctigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Helicoverpa
Species:
H. punctigera
Binomial name
Helicoverpa punctigera
Synonyms
  • Heliothis punctigera Wallengren, 1860
  • Chloridea marmada Swinhoe, 1918

The wingspan is ca. 40 millimetres (1.6 in).[4] Adult lifespan (in the laboratory) was measured as ranging from 11 to 18 days.[5]

This species is a generalist, with larvae observed feeding on at least 100 plant species, and are considered a pest for tobacco, flax, peas, lucerne, sunflower, cotton, maize, tomatoes and other crops.[6] Outside of agricultural settings, primary host plants include some Australian native daisies, in particular flat billy buttons Leiocarpa brevicompta,[7] annual yellow tops Senecio gregorii,[8] and also the native legume Cullen cinereum.[9]

References
  1. "Helicoverpa punctigera (Wallengren, 1860)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. Gregg PC (1993) Pollen as a marker for migration of Helicoverpa armigera and H. punctigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from western Queensland. Australian Journal of Ecology, 18, 209-219.
  3. Bailey, Peter T., ed. (2007). Pests of Field Crops and Pastures: Identification and Control. Collingwood: Csiro Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 9780643067585.
  4. "Helicoverpa punctigera". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  5. Cullen JM (1969) The reproduction and survival of Heliothis punctigera Wallengren in South Australia. PhD Thesis, University of Adelaide, p. 60.
  6. Zalucki MP, Daglish G, Firempong S and Twine P (1986) The biology and ecology of Heliothis armigera (Hubner) and H. punctigera Wallengren (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Australia: what do we know? Australian Journal of Zoology 34, 779-844.
  7. Walter GH and Benfield MD (1994) Temporal host plant use in three polyphagous Heliothinae, with special reference to Helicoverpa punctigera (Wallengren) (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera). Austral Ecology, 19, 458-465.
  8. Zalucki M, Murray D, Gregg P, Fitt G, Twine P and Jones, C. (1994) Ecology of Helicoverpa-Armigera (Hubner) and Heliothis-Punctigera (Wallengren) in the Inland of Australia - Larval Sampling and Host-Plant Relationships During Winter and Spring. Australian Journal of Zoology, 42, 329-346.
  9. Gregg PC, Henderson GS, Del Socorro A, Le Motte K and Birchall C (2016) Polyphagy in an uncertain environment: Helicoverpa punctigera in inland Australia. Austral Ecology, 41, 819-828.


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