EPPO Global Database

Helicoverpa armigera(HELIAR)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Present, widespread
From CABI Pest map 015: Present, no details
From NPPO: Present, widespread
Comments
From country itself (1992): indigenous to mainland (Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria), recent in Tasmania.

From other source: North of 17° latitude and along the east coast. Present on beans and on tomatoes.
References
* Bird LS (2015) Baseline susceptibility of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to indoxacarb, emamectin benzoate, and chlorantraniliprole in Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology 108(1), 294-300.

* Farrow, R. A.; McDonald, G. (1987) Insect Science and its Application 8 (4-6), 531-542.

* Firempong, S.; Zalucki, M. P. (1990) Australian Journal of Zoology 37 (6), 665-673.

* Gregg, P. C.; Daly, J. C. (1989) Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 24 (1-2), 85-91.

* Hearn, A. B.; Ives, P. M.; Room, P. M.; Thomson, N. J.; Wilson, L. T. (1981) Field Crops Research 4 (4), 321-332.

* NPPO of Australia (1993).

* Zalucki, M. P.; Daglish, G.; Firempong, S.; Twine, P. (1986) Australian Journal of Zoology 34 (6), 779-814.