Earias perhuegeli

Earias perhuegeli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Eariadinae
Genus: Earias
Species:
E. perhuegeli
Binomial name
Earias perhuegeli
Holloway, 1977
Synonyms
  • Earias huegeliana

Earias perhuegeli, the rough bollworm, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1977. It is found in the northern two-thirds of Australia and several islands in the South Pacific.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.[1]

The larvae feed on Gossypium australe, Gossypium populifolium, Abutilon otocarpum, Abelmoschus ficulneus, Hibiscus trionum, Hibiscus panduriformis, Alyogyne hakeifolia and Adansonia gregorii, and are considered a pest of Gossypium hirsutum.

  1. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (14 April 2013). "Earias perhuegeli Holloway, 1977". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 7 August 2020.