EPPO Global Database

Helicoverpa armigera(HELIAR)

Distribution details in Poland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2010: Present, few occurrences
From CABI Pest map 015 (1993): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/142) : larvae of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae – EPPO A2 List) were observed on sweet maize (Zea mays) near Rzeszów in July 2007. It is supposed that adults had flown over to southeastern Poland from neighbouring countries.
References
* Bereś PK (2008) [Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera Hüb.) – quarantine maize pest]. Progress in Plant Protection 48(1), 90-93 (in Polish).

* Bereś PK (2011) [Less known species representing insecta, damaging maize plants (Zea mays L.) in the South-Eastern part of Poland in 2005-2010]. Progress in Plant Protection 41(1), 21-27 (in Polish).
------- H. armigera observed in summers 2007, 2009, 2010.

* Bielewicz, M. (1984) Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 54 (2), 407-409.

* Lipa, J. J. (1976) Prace Naukowe Instytutu Ochrony Roslin 18 (2), 25-48.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Czech Republic Present, few occurrences view...
Germany Present, few occurrences view...
Russia Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Western Siberia Present, no details view...
Russia Southern Russia Present, restricted distribution view...
Slovakia Present, restricted distribution view...
Ukraine Present, widespread view...