Rabila frontalis
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Species: | R. frontalis
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Binomial name | |
Rabila frontalis Walker, 1865
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Rabila frontalis, the red bollworm,[1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[2] It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[3][4]
Its larval food plant is cotton. Larvae are parasitized by Bracon species.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Red Bollworm". TNAU Cotton Database. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Species Details: Rabila frontalis Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Rabila frontalis Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "A Note on a new Cotton Bollworm, Rabila frontalis". CAB International. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
Categories:
- Moths of Asia
- Moths described in 1865
- Hadeninae
- Hadeninae stubs