Rabila frontalis, the red bollworm,[1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[2] It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[3][4]
Rabila frontalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Rabila |
Species: | R. frontalis |
Binomial name | |
Rabila frontalis Walker, 1865 | |
Its larval food plant is cotton. Larvae are parasitized by Bracon species.[5]
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