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Cotton Tip Worm - adult moth
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COTTON TIP WORM FACTS |
Identification
The adult Cotton Tip Worm moth is pale brown and white with a marbled pattern. The ends of the wings have a corrugated look with two small thin yellow stripes near the tips of the forewings.
Other Names
Penthina altheana
Size
length 7mm. Wingspan 20mm
Food
The caterpillars fed on the tips and fruit of plants in the Malvaceae family including Hibiscus, Abutilon. It is an agricultural pest of cotton.
Range
The Cotton Tip Worm is found worldwide.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Tortricidae | | Genus: | Crocidosema | | Species: | plebejana | | Common Name: | Cotton Tip Worm |
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