Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)

Insular Bollworm.

SYNONYMS
Tortrix insulana, Tortrix neriana, Earias anthophilana, Earias chloron, Earias dorsivitta, Earias frondosana, Earias gossypii, Earias siliquana, Earias simillima, Earias smaragdinana, Earias tristrigosa, Earias xanthophila,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 17
ansorgei, bequetio, biplaga, cupreoviridis, divisa, gigas, glaucescens, ikondae, insulana, malagasy, nubica, ogovana, richinii, uninotata, virgula, vittela, waterstoni,

DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, DRCongo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Gossypium herbaceum, Ceratonia siliqua, Hibiscus, Abelmoschus esculentus, Abutilon hirtum, Althaea, Azanza garckeana, Grewia trichocarpa, Corchorus, Melhania ferruginea, Sida, Sterculia, Urena lobata, Waltherea indica, Triumfetta, Zea mays,