Jump to content

Rabila frontalis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rabila frontalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Rabila
Species:
R. frontalis
Binomial name
Rabila frontalis
Walker, 1865

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

[edit]
  1. ^ "Red Bollworm". TNAU Cotton Database. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Species Details: Rabila frontalis Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  4. ^ Savela, Markku. "Rabila frontalis Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  5. ^ "A Note on a new Cotton Bollworm, Rabila frontalis". CAB International. Retrieved 28 March 2018.