Nolidae : Chloephorinae
Egyptian Bollworm
EARIAS insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
Egyptian Bollworm
EARIAS insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult recorded in these months in Great Britain
Description
Wingspan: 24 - 28mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Including - Balearic Is.,Belarus,British Is.,CanaryIs.,Crete,Cyprus,Gibraltar,Greece,France,Italy,Madeira,Malta,
Portugal,S Russia,Sicily and Spain) : S Europe,Asia and Africa
UK Distribution: Very rare immigrant from southern Europe into southern England with six UK records up to end of 2010
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Cotton Fields
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupa have been found in produce imported from abroad.
Observations: The Egyptian Bollworm is native to Asia and Africa and is recorded in southern Europe through Spain and Portugal down to Sicily and Malta and including France.
A very rare immigrant less than ten records to date,larve and dead pupae were found at Heathrow from Kenya and Cyprus back in 1979 and 1980.
With cotton as one of the host plants this moth cause considerable damage in some areas.
Although similar to the the above species the Cream -bordered Green Pea does not have the the dark vertical setae,has a white hindwing and the Spiny Bollworm is identified by the purplish-brown terminal fringe on the forewing.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Including - Balearic Is.,Belarus,British Is.,CanaryIs.,Crete,Cyprus,Gibraltar,Greece,France,Italy,Madeira,Malta,
Portugal,S Russia,Sicily and Spain) : S Europe,Asia and Africa
UK Distribution: Very rare immigrant from southern Europe into southern England with six UK records up to end of 2010
UK Conservation Status -
- Immigrant - probably imported
- S Europe - expanding
- Tortrix insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Phalaena clorana Linnaeus, 1761
- Madagascar
Habitat: Cotton Fields
Similar Species -
- Cream-bordered Green Pea - Earias clorana - (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Spiny Bollworm - Earias biplaga - (Walker, 1866)
Pupa: Pupa have been found in produce imported from abroad.
Observations: The Egyptian Bollworm is native to Asia and Africa and is recorded in southern Europe through Spain and Portugal down to Sicily and Malta and including France.
A very rare immigrant less than ten records to date,larve and dead pupae were found at Heathrow from Kenya and Cyprus back in 1979 and 1980.
With cotton as one of the host plants this moth cause considerable damage in some areas.
Although similar to the the above species the Cream -bordered Green Pea does not have the the dark vertical setae,has a white hindwing and the Spiny Bollworm is identified by the purplish-brown terminal fringe on the forewing.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Malvaceaea - The Mallow Family
- Abelmoschus esculentus - Okra
- Abutilon hirtum - Florida Keys Indian Mallow
- Alcea rosea - Hollyhock
- Azanza garckeana - Snot apple
- Gossypium barbadense - Exytra long Staple Cotton
- Gossypium herbaceum - Levant Cotton
- Grewia trichocarpa - No Common Name
- Hibiscus acetosella - False Roselle, African rosemallow, Cranberry Hibiscus
- Hibiscus aethiopicus - Dwarf Yellow Hibiscus
- Hibiscus calyphyllus - Lemon Yellow Rosemallow
- Hibiscus cannabinus - Kenaf, Brown Indianhemp
- Hibiscus lunariifolius - No Common Name
- Hibiscus panduriformis - Yellow Hibiscus
- Hibiscus praeteritus - No Common Name
- Hibiscus rosa-sinensis - Chinese Hibiscus - China Rose
- Hibiscus sabdariffa - Roselle
- Hibiscus schizopetalus - Japanese Hibiscus
- Hibiscus vitifolius - Grape-leaved Mallow
- Pavonia burchelli - Indola Empofu
- Urena lobata - Caesar Weed
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Ceratonia siliqua - Carob - St John's Bread
- Poaceae - Gramineae - True Grasses Family
- Zea mays - Sweetcorn
- Rutaceae - Rue/Citrus Family
- Citrus sinensis - Sweet Orange
- Sapotaceae - Sapodilla Family
- Manilkara zapota - Sapodilla
- Sterculiaceae - Malvales Family
- Waltheria indica - Sleepy Morning
- Tamaricaceae - Tamarisk Family
- Tamarix aphylla - Athel Tamarisk
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Nolidae Chloephorinae Sarrothripini EARIAS Hübner 1825 Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833) - Phalaena clorana Linnaeus, 1761 - Tortrix insulana (Boisduval, 1833) = Earias siliquana Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 = Earias smaragdinana Zeller, 1852 = Earias frondosana Walker, 1863 = Acontia xanthophila Walker, [1863] = Earias simillima Walker, 1866 = Earias anthophilana Snellen, 1879 = Earias tristrigosa Butler, 1881 - Boisduval 1833 Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice : lépidoptères / par le docteur Boisduval : Title Page : p121 - 2 : pl.16 - Fig.9 - Madagascar |