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Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)

Bollworm

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Noctuoidea

Family
Noctuidae

Genus
Helicoverpa

Species
zea

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - not established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1999

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Food contaminant

Introduced status: Intercepted

References

Causton, C.E. Zapata, C.E. & Roque-Albelo, L. (2000) Alien Arthropod Species Deterred from Establishing in the Galápagos, but how many are entering undetected? Notícias de Galápagos 61: 10-13.

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