Earias fabia

Earias fabia, called the cotton spotted bollworm as a larva, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is sometimes included in the species Earias vittella.

Earias fabia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Eariadinae
Genus: Earias
Species:
E. fabia
Binomial name
Earias fabia
Stoll, 1781

Larval food plants are Gossypium hirsutum, Abelmoschus esculentus, Urena lobata, Brassica oleracea and Zea mays.[1][2]

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