Earias perhuegeli
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Subfamily: | Eariadinae |
| Genus: | Earias |
| Species: | E. perhuegeli
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| Binomial name | |
| Earias perhuegeli Holloway, 1977
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Earias perhuegeli, the rough bollworm, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1977. It is found in the northern two-thirds of Australia and several islands in the South Pacific.
The wingspan is about 20 mm.[1]
The larvae feed on Gossypium australe, Gossypium populifolium, Abutilon otocarpum, Abelmoschus ficulneus, Hibiscus trionum, Hibiscus panduriformis, Alyogyne hakeifolia and Adansonia gregorii, and are considered a pest of Gossypium hirsutum.
References
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (14 April 2013). "Earias perhuegeli Holloway, 1977". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 7 August 2020.