Bollworm is the common term for a moth larva that attacks the fruiting bodies of certain crops, especially cotton. The most common moths known as bollworms are:

• Red or Sudan bollworm, Diparopsis castanea

• Rough bollworm, Earias perhuegeli

• Spotted bollworm, Earias fabia

• Spiny bollworm, Earias insulana

• Spotted bollworm, Earias vittella

• American cotton bollworm or tomato grub, Helicoverpa armigera

• Cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa gelotopoeon

• Cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa punctigera

• Corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea

• Tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens

• Pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella

• Pinkspotted bollworm, Pectinophora scutigera

== See also ==

• Cotton bollworm

• Boll weevil, the beetle Anthonomus grandis

External links

• on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site