Rabila frontalis

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Rabila frontalis
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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]

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References

  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. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 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.