Rabila frontalis explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Red Bollworm . TNAU Cotton Database. 28 March 2018.
  2. Web site: Species Details: Rabila frontalis Walker, 1865 . Catalogue of Life . 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 . Academia.
  4. Web site: Savela . Markku . Rabila frontalis Walker, 1865 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 14 October 2018.
  5. Web site: A Note on a new Cotton Bollworm, Rabila frontalis . CAB International. 28 March 2018.

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