African Moths Gambia


     

Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808)

Scarce bordered straw.

SYNONYMS
Noctua armigera, Helicoverpa commoni, Helicoverpa conferta, Heliothis pulverosa, Helicoverpa rama, Heliothis uniformis, Phalaena zea,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 5
armigera, assulta, fletcheri, helenae, toddi,


DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, DRCongo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphagous,

Helicoverpa armigera
Upperside
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
Helicoverpa armigera   Helicoverpa armigera   Helicoverpa armigera
Photo: Manchester Museum
 
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (SL)
Helicoverpa armigera   Helicoverpa armigera   Helicoverpa armigera
Photo: T. Baron
 
Photo: R. Butler
 

Underside (GM)
 

Larva (SL)

 

Live (RE)

Helicoverpa armigera

  Helicoverpa armigera
 
Helicoverpa armigera

 

 

 

 

Photo: M. Bippus

Live (ZA)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: J. Heyns
 
Photo: N. Voaden