Helicoverpa assulta

TaxID: 52344

Basic Information

Helicoverpa assulta

Cape-gooseberry Budworm

Helicoverpa assulta, the oriental tobacco budworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. H. assulta adults are migratory and are found all over the Old World Tropics including Asia, Africa, and Australia. This species has a brown coloured pattern on their forewings while their hindwings are yellowish orange and have a brown margin which has a pale mark. The wingspan is about 25 millimetres (0.98 in). H. assulta is closely related to Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa zea. The larvae feed on various Solanaceae species, including Lycopersicon, Nicotiana (Nicotiana tabacum), Physalis and Solanum. It also feeds on fruits of Physalis peruviana and Datura species. Because of its feeding behavior, H. assulta is considered a pest of economically viable crops including tomatoes, tobacco, and hot peppers. Due to the pest status, understanding how to control the moth s behavior is a priority, but the species larval eating behavior and growing resistance to insecticide complicate pest control.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Noctuidae

Helicoverpa

assulta

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Helicoverpa assulta
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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (4 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United Kingdom Unknow 2020
Guatemala Absent —
Peru Absent —
Seychelles Quarantine pests —

Distribution (15 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Bhutan Present —
Fiji Present —
Guam Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
India Present —
Japan Present —
Republic of Korea Present —
Mali Present —
Nigeria Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_963856015.1 Scaffold - - - -
GCA_050947285.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_029618815.1 Chromosome 424 1761 14539 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
ERR12364896 - larva - 23703094 -
ERR12364902 - adult male 19370611 -
ERR12364898 - adult female 21001610 -

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature