Common name: Corn earworm/
Bollworm/ Tomato fruitworm.
Hodges: 11068.
Identification: Rfw 18.2, hw with broad fuscous border; pro
tibiae with prominent apical setae, other setae hidden in vestiture;
male clasper without harpe, vesica of multiple coils armed with cornuti.
Similar species: 11063, 11064, 11072, and
11072.1.
Distribution: southern Canada to Argentina.
Hosts: a general feeder with a decided preference for Zea mays
L.– corn.
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SD, Brookings Co., Brookings. 7- IX- 1981, UV lt.
trap., coll. G. Fauske.
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