Helicoverpa armigera
Armigère (L')
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- pest insect
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Helicoverpa
Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera | Noctuidae | Helicoverpa
External: GBIF #8108800
28 AI-consensus-verified claims across 3 interaction categories.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Helicoverpa armigera.
- Gossypium hirsutumAmerican cotton6 shared claims
- Solanum lycopersicumGarden Tomato4 shared claims
- Coranus siva2 shared claims
- Cicer arietinumChickpea2 shared claims
- Carcelia kockiana1 shared claim
- Tetrastichus howardii1 shared claim
- Rhynocoris fuscipes1 shared claim
- Gossypium spp.1 shared claim
biocontrol 12 claims
- This entity is the object of biocontrol by Coranus siva · effect: beneficial
“Helicoverpa armigera, Leptocorisa varicornis, Spodoptera litura and Utetheisa pulchella”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedBhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H. (2022) · Insect Predators in Pest Management · p. 62 #6493087 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Rhynocoris fuscipes · effect: beneficial
“Mass rearing and augmentative biological control evaluation of Rhynocoris fuscipes against multiple pests of cotton”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedBhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H. (2022) · Insect Predators in Pest Management · p. 53 #6493097 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Coranus siva · effect: beneficial
“Helicoverpa armigera, Leptocorisa varicornis, Spodoptera litura and Utetheisa pulchella”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedBhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H. (2022) · Insect Predators in Pest Management · p. 62 #6493099 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Zicrona caerulea · effect: beneficial
“predaceous on larvae of... Helicoverpa armigera”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedBhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H. (2022) · Insect Predators in Pest Management · p. 137 #6494836 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Chrysoperla carnea (Common green lacewing) · effect: beneficial
“Pod borer infestation in pigeon pea was reduced when the larvae of C. carnea were released @ 1,25,000/ha”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedBhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H. (2022) · Insect Predators in Pest Management · p. 156 #6494846 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Tetrastichus howardii · effect: beneficial
“Tetrastichus howardii effective parasitoid of Helicoverpa armigera, Spodoptera litura, Chilo”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Carcelia kockiana · effect: beneficial
“seven tachinids as natural parasitoids of this lepidopteran pest”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Compsilura concinnata (Tachinid fly) · effect: beneficial
“Compsilura concinnata Meigen successfully introduced from Europe”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Exorista japonica · effect: beneficial
“seven tachinids as natural parasitoids”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Azadirachta indica (150 maladies) · effect: beneficial
“negatively influenced growth and development of African bollworm”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedKuepper G., Dodson M., Duncan J. (2016) · Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources · p. 12 #6495616 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus · effect: beneficial
“Spray Helicoverpa armigera NPV @ 1.5X1012 POBs/ha”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Aves · effect: beneficial
“Place 15-20 bird perches (T shaped) per ha to attract insectivorous birds”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
herbivory 12 claims
- This entity is the subject of herbivory on Gossypium hirsutum (American cotton) · effect: harmful
“Budworms Helicouerpaarmigera”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Gossypium hirsutum (American cotton) · effect: harmful
“controlling H. armigera and Agrotis moths”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Cajanus cajan (Congo-pea) · effect: harmful
“Pod borer infestation in pigeon pea was reduced when the larvae of C. carnea were released”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedBhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H. (2022) · Insect Predators in Pest Management · p. 156 #6494839 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Cicer arietinum (Chickpea) · effect: harmful
“substantial losses to legume, fibre, cereal, oilseed and vegetable crop”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Gossypium spp. · effect: harmful
“cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera... most damaging insect pest worldwide”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedVisweshwar R., Akbar S.M.D., Sharma H.C., Sreeramulu K. (2018) · Influence of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins on the Development and Midgut Proteases in Different Larval Instars of Helicoverpa armigera · p. 1 #6495860 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Cicer arietinum (Chickpea) · effect: harmful
“destruction to cotton, pulses, cereals, and vegetable and fruit crops”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedVisweshwar R., Akbar S.M.D., Sharma H.C., Sreeramulu K. (2018) · Influence of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins on the Development and Midgut Proteases in Different Larval Instars of Helicoverpa armigera · p. 1 #6495861 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Gossypium hirsutum (American cotton) · effect: harmful
“Helicoverpa armigera”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedNaranjo S.E., Ellsworth P.C., Frisvold G.B. (2015) · Economic Value of Biological Control in Integrated Pest Management of Managed Plant Systems #6495894 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Solanum lycopersicum (Garden Tomato) · effect: harmful
“TFB (= tomato fruit borer): record number of TFB damaged fruits”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedHanson P., Lin L., Luther G.C., Tsai W., Srinivasan R., Chen C., Lin C., Sheu Z., Lu S. (2021) · International Cooperators' Guide: Procedures for Tomato Variety Field Trials (#11-751) · p. 6 #6496027 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Solanum lycopersicum (Garden Tomato) · effect: harmful
“TFB (= tomato fruit borer): record number of TFB damaged fruits”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedHanson P., Lin L., Luther G.C., Tsai W., Srinivasan R., Chen C., Lin C., Sheu Z., Lu S. (2021) · International Cooperators' Guide: Procedures for Tomato Variety Field Trials (#11-751) · p. 6 #6496034 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Solanum lycopersicum (Garden Tomato) · effect: harmful
“The larvae make the holes on the flowers and fruits, and feed by thrusting their head inside”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Capsicum annuum (Chilli / Paprika) · effect: harmful
“Commonly observed insects are fruitworm, whitefly, aphids, mites, thrips”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Amaranthus spp. (amaranth) · effect: harmful
“caterpillars (Spodoptera litura, Heliothis armigera, Hymenia recurvalis)”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
pest pressure 4 claims
- This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Gossypium hirsutum (American cotton) · effect: harmful
“Helicoverpa armigera, Earias vittelli and Pectinophora gossypiella in cotton”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Gossypium hirsutum (American cotton) · effect: harmful
“Composite thresholds have been calculated for Helicoverpa armigera…in cotton”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Gossypium hirsutum (American cotton) · effect: harmful
“fruit orchards, maize, cotton, sugarcane, soybean, vineyards and greenhouses”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedvan Lenteren J.C. (2012) · The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake · p. 1 #6495477 - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Solanum lycopersicum (Garden Tomato) · effect: harmful
“Helicoverpa armigera...feed on tomato fruit”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAVRDC - The World Vegetable Center · AVRDC Vegetable Insect Pests fact sheets (Helicoverpa armigera, Plutella xylostella, Liriomyza spp., Bactrocera spp., Thrips palmi) #6496153
Genus-level evidence
4 claims where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Helicoverpa sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Helicoverpa armigera.
- herbivory · Helicoverpa (genus) → Gossypium hirsutum · effect: harmful
“Resurgence of Helicouerpa species after applications of monocrotophos”
- herbivory · Helicoverpa spp. → Glycine max · effect: harmful
“Pests such as Helicoverpa spp., Heliothis spp.”
- herbivory · Helicoverpa spp. → Solanum lycopersicum · effect: harmful
“Thrips, whiteflies, and fruitworms or borers attack tomatoes in the Solomon Islands.”
Bosco J., Wame L., Joshi R.C., Palada M.C., Hanson P., Luther G., Suimae D., Tutua J., Koito O., Amiki R. (2009) · How to Grow Tomato #6496109 - pest pressure · Helicoverpa spp. → Gossypium hirsutum · effect: harmful
“Suppression of Helicoverpa spp. oviposition by use of natural enemy food supplement”
Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 95 #6492614
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
biocontrol 6
- GloBI preysOn Helicoverpa armigera https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48956784
- GloBI preysOn Helicoverpa armigera https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8614882
- GloBI pathogenOf Helicoverpa armigera Ignoffo, C.M. The fungus Nomuraea rileyi as amicrobial insecticide. Chapter 27 [pp. 513-538] In, H.D. Burges (ed.) Microbial Control of Pests and Plant Diseases, 1970-1980. London: Academic Press, 1981. 949 pp.
- GloBI pathogenOf Helicoverpa armigera Glare, T.R., O’Callaghan, M., and Wigley, P.J. 1993. Checklist of naturally occurring entomopathogens microbes and nematodes in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 95-120.
- GloBI pathogenOf Helicoverpa armigera CHARLES, V. K., 1941. A preliminary check list of the entomogenous fungi of North America. Insect Pest Surv. Bull. U.S. 21:707-785.; Veen, K. H. 1968. Recherches sur la maladie due a Metarrhizium anisopliae chez le criquet pelerin. [In ] Thesis, Meded. Landbauwhogeschool l’Universite Agronomique Wageningen.
- GloBI eats Helicoverpa armigera Bourlat SJ, Koch M, Kirse A, Langen K, Espeland M, Giebner H, Decher J, Ssymank A, Fonseca VG (2023) Metabarcoding dietary analysis in the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri and implications for conservation. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e111146. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e111146. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/bourlat2023/archive/bff8fb55499beddd0cd73663ad0a6cfecd7d1dae.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
herbivory 6
- GloBI eats Zea mays https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193738651
- GloBI eats Solanum lycopersicum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182740451
- GloBI eats Capsicum annuum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62145182
- GloBI eats Cicer arietinum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16351677
- GloBI eats Foeniculum vulgare https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242916405
- GloBI eats Helianthus annuus Ellis, W. N. (2022). Plant Parasites of Europe – leafminers, galls and fungi [Database]. https://bladmineerders.nl/
pathogen pressure 2
- GloBI pathogenOf Solanum lycopersicum Priority Pest List 2016 as approved by the National Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) of the United States.
- GloBI pathogenOf Solanum tuberosum Priority Pest List 2016 as approved by the National Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) of the United States.
pest pressure 7
- GloBI hasHost Zea mays Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI hasHost Solanum lycopersicum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314341662
- GloBI hasHost Solanum tuberosum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/282364670
- GloBI hasHost Cicer arietinum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194088359
- GloBI hasHost Helianthus annuus Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI hasHost Ipomoea purpurea https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/243440207
- GloBI hasHost Capsicum annuum Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
pollination 11
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Foeniculum vulgare https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/245071819
- GloBI interactsWith Helianthus annuus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/302958017
- GloBI visits Lavandula angustifolia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76529017
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Papaver rhoeas https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240265736
- GloBI visits Calendula officinalis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327357917
- GloBI interactsWith Solanum tuberosum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/282364670
- GloBI interactsWith Capsicum annuum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68638626
- GloBI interactsWith Solanum lycopersicum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314341662
- GloBI interactsWith Cicer arietinum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194088359
- GloBI interactsWith Ipomoea purpurea https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/243440207
- GloBI interactsWith Zea mays https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193738651
biocontrol 6
- GloBI preysOn Helicoverpa armigera https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48956784
- GloBI preysOn Helicoverpa armigera https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8614882
- GloBI pathogenOf Helicoverpa armigera Ignoffo, C.M. The fungus Nomuraea rileyi as amicrobial insecticide. Chapter 27 [pp. 513-538] In, H.D. Burges (ed.) Microbial Control of Pests and Plant Diseases, 1970-1980. London: Academic Press, 1981. 949 pp.
- GloBI pathogenOf Helicoverpa armigera Glare, T.R., O’Callaghan, M., and Wigley, P.J. 1993. Checklist of naturally occurring entomopathogens microbes and nematodes in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 95-120.
- GloBI pathogenOf Helicoverpa armigera CHARLES, V. K., 1941. A preliminary check list of the entomogenous fungi of North America. Insect Pest Surv. Bull. U.S. 21:707-785.; Veen, K. H. 1968. Recherches sur la maladie due a Metarrhizium anisopliae chez le criquet pelerin. [In ] Thesis, Meded. Landbauwhogeschool l’Universite Agronomique Wageningen.
- GloBI eats Helicoverpa armigera Bourlat SJ, Koch M, Kirse A, Langen K, Espeland M, Giebner H, Decher J, Ssymank A, Fonseca VG (2023) Metabarcoding dietary analysis in the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri and implications for conservation. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e111146. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e111146. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/bourlat2023/archive/bff8fb55499beddd0cd73663ad0a6cfecd7d1dae.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
crop interaction 26
- GloBI eats Zea mays https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193738651
- GloBI eats Solanum lycopersicum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182740451
- GloBI hasHost Zea mays Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI hasHost Solanum lycopersicum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314341662
- GloBI eats Capsicum annuum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62145182
- GloBI eats Cicer arietinum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16351677
- GloBI hasHost Solanum tuberosum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/282364670
- GloBI hasHost Cicer arietinum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194088359
- GloBI eats Foeniculum vulgare https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242916405
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Foeniculum vulgare https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/245071819
- GloBI hasHost Helianthus annuus Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Helianthus annuus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/302958017
- GloBI visits Lavandula angustifolia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76529017
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Papaver rhoeas https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240265736
- GloBI visits Calendula officinalis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327357917
- GloBI interactsWith Solanum tuberosum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/282364670
- GloBI interactsWith Capsicum annuum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68638626
- GloBI hasHost Ipomoea purpurea https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/243440207
- GloBI interactsWith Solanum lycopersicum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314341662
- GloBI pathogenOf Solanum lycopersicum Priority Pest List 2016 as approved by the National Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) of the United States.
- GloBI pathogenOf Solanum tuberosum Priority Pest List 2016 as approved by the National Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) of the United States.
- GloBI hasHost Capsicum annuum Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Cicer arietinum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194088359
- GloBI eats Helianthus annuus Ellis, W. N. (2022). Plant Parasites of Europe – leafminers, galls and fungi [Database]. https://bladmineerders.nl/
- GloBI interactsWith Ipomoea purpurea https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/243440207
- GloBI interactsWith Zea mays https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193738651