Rabila frontalis

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]

Rabila frontalis
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R. frontalis
Binomial name
Rabila frontalis
Walker, 1865

Its larval food plant is cotton. Larvae are parasitized by Bracon species.[5]

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.
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