Rabila frontalis
| Rabila frontalis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- ^ "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 (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 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.