A Cotton Bollworm Feasting On Rose Bud Stock Photo

The cotton bollworm, corn earworm, green worm, or Old World African bollworm Helicoverpa armigera also known as the scarce bordered straw in the UK, where it is a migrant is a moth, the larvae of which feed on a wide range of plants, including many important cultivated crops. It is a major pest in cotton and one of the most polyphagous and cosmopolitan pest species. It should not be confused with the similarly named, related species Helicoverpa zea. Picture taken on 16th April, 2021 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India.