Helicoverpa zea

Distribution: Americas.
Type locality: North America.
E. Caribbean records: Guadeloupe; Dominica; St. Vincent; Barbados; St. Lucia.
Grenadines records: Bequia, Baliceaux, Union (E.U. Exp., No's 124 & 125).
Method of identification: illustrated in black and white by Kimball (1965) pl 13, fig. 36. Adult & Genitalia illustrated in colour on website on French Antilles Lepidoptera by Zagatti, Lalanne-Cassou & Le Duchat d'Aubigny
Notes: this species has been misidentified in the past as Helicoverpa armigera Hubner 1809, which is an old world pest species. Its larva is commonly known as the 'Corn Earworm' or 'Tomato Fruitworm' and is a pest on a wide range of plant crops.

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