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Helicoverpa armigera MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Helicoverpa armigera
Tree Number(s)
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.937.650.207
Unique ID
D000097666
RDF Unique Identifier
http://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.
Entry Term(s)
American Bollworm
Corn Ear Worm
Heliothis (Helicoverpa) armigera
Heliothis armigera
Noctua armigera
Old World Bollworm
Tobacco Budworm
Previous Indexing
Moths (1993-2023)
Public MeSH Note
2024
History Note
2024
Date Established
2024/01/01
Date of Entry
2023/07/26
Revision Date
2023/05/31
Helicoverpa armigera Preferred
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