Diparopsis castanea
| Diparopsis castanea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Hadeninae |
| Genus: | Diparopsis |
| Species: | D. castanea |
| Binomial name | |
| Diparopsis castanea Hampson, 1902 | |
Diparopsis castanea[1] is the type species of the genus Diparopsis: moths in the family Noctuidae; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[2] This is known as the red bollworm, which is a significant pest of cotton crops in Eastern and Central-Southern Africa.
References
- ↑ Hampson GF (1902) The moths of South Africa (Part II). Annals of the South African Museum
- ↑ Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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