Rough Bollworm

Earias perhuegeli

"Earias perhuegeli" 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.
Earias huegeliana A rough bollworm Australia,Earias perhuegeli,Fall,Geotagged

Food

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".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNolidae
GenusEarias
SpeciesE. perhuegeli
Photographed in
Australia