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Descriptor English: Helicoverpa armigera
Descriptor Spanish: Helicoverpa armigera
Descriptor Helicoverpa armigera
Entry term(s) Heliothis (Helicoverpa) armigera
Heliothis armigera
Noctua armigera
oruga americana
oruga del Viejo Mundo
oruga del maíz
oruga del tabaco
Scope note: Gusano cogollero del Viejo Mundo de amplia distribución que perfora la amplia variedad de flores y frutos del huésped y se alimenta dentro de la planta. El gusano cogollero del Viejo Mundo se detectó en Puerto Rico en 2014 y en Florida en 2015, pero ahora está erradicado en Estados Unidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Helicoverpa armigera
Descriptor French: Helicoverpa armigera
Entry term(s): American Bollworm
American Bollworms
Bollworm, American
Bollworm, Old World
Budworm, Tobacco
Corn Ear Worm
Corn Ear Worms
Ear Worm, Corn
Heliothis (Helicoverpa) armigera
Heliothis armigera
Noctua armigera
Old World Bollworm
Old World Bollworms
Tobacco Budworm
Tobacco Budworms
Worm, Corn Ear
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.937.650.207
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000097666
Scope note: Widely distributed old world bollworm which bore into the wide variety of host’s flowers and fruit and feed within the plant. Old world bollworm was detected in Puerto Rico in 2014 and Florida in 2015 but now eradicated in the United States.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Moths (1993-2023)
Public MeSH Note: 2024
History Note: 2024
DeCS ID: 60627
Unique ID: D000097666
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2024/01/01
Date of Entry: 2023/07/26
Revision Date: 2023/05/31
Helicoverpa armigera - Preferred
Concept UI M000764319
Scope note Widely distributed old world bollworm which bore into the wide variety of host’s flowers and fruit and feed within the plant. Old world bollworm was detected in Puerto Rico in 2014 and Florida in 2015 but now eradicated in the United States.
Preferred term Helicoverpa armigera
Entry term(s) American Bollworm
American Bollworms
Bollworm, American
Bollworm, Old World
Budworm, Tobacco
Corn Ear Worm
Corn Ear Worms
Ear Worm, Corn
Heliothis (Helicoverpa) armigera
Heliothis armigera
Noctua armigera
Old World Bollworm
Old World Bollworms
Tobacco Budworm
Tobacco Budworms
Worm, Corn Ear



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