Bollworm/pod borer: Helicoverpa armigera Hubner(Noctuidae:Lepidoptera)

Description:

• Adult is a stout moth with dark yellow-olive forewings and pale hind wings.
• Eggs are laid single and in all parts of plant and yellowish, shiny.
• Full grown larva is 40 mm long and hairy and varied in color.

Eggs	Larva	Pupa	Adult

Damaging systems:

• The larvae feed on leaves, flower bud, flowers and pods.
• As a pod's borer it is often found exposing its posterior half with its anterior portion inside the pod.
• The damaged pods exhibits clear circular entry holes.