Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
(Scarce Bordered Straw, Corn Earworm, Old World (African) or Cotton Bollworm)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHelicoverpa armigera (Scarce Bordered Straw, Corn Earworm, Old World (African) or Cotton Bollworm)
SubfamilyHELIOTHINAE (pease blossom and bordered moths)
FamilyNOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lammers, J.W. & Macleod, A. 2007 Report of a Pest Risk Analysis: Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808) PRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.

Helicoverpa armigera (Scarce Bordered Straw, Corn Earworm, Old World (African) or Cotton Bollworm) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Helicoverpa armigera (Scarce Bordered Straw, Corn Earworm, Old World (African) or Cotton Bollworm)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Helicoverpa armigera (Scarce Bordered Straw, Corn Earworm, Old World (African) or Cotton Bollworm)
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